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Panorama of Shallow Inlet, looking south-east with the hills of Wilsons Promontory in the distance
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with a single channel to the sea. On the seaward side it is enclosed by a barrier of sandy
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Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site
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Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area
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A map of Victoria with a mark indicating the location of Shallow Inlet
Victoria
Wilsons Promontory
South Gippsland
Victoria
38°48′28″S 146°08′56″E / 38.80778°S 146.14889°E / -38.80778; 146.14889
Primary outflows
Waratah Bay
Basin
Sandy Point
Yanakie
inlet
Waratah Bay
Yanakie Isthmus
South Gippsland
Victoria
Australia
Sandy Point
Yanakie
Wilsons Promontory
Wilsons Promontory National Park
tidal
embayment
spits
bars
dunes
mudflats
waders
saltmarsh
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