Western Eyre Marine Park Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Streaky Bay, South Australia |
Coordinates | 34°13′01″S 134°21′38″E / 34.2169°S 134.3605°E |
Established | 8 December 2012[1] |
Area | 57,946 km2 (22,373.1 sq mi) [2] |
Managing authorities | Director of National Parks |
Website | Western Eyre Marine Park |
Footnotes | Coordinates
[3] Nearest town [4] |
Western Eyre Marine Park (formerly Western Eyre Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is a marine protected area located in the Great Australian Bight south of South Australia in waters within the Australian Exclusive economic zone. [2]
It was gazetted in November 2012. [1]
The marine park consists of three zones - a marine national park zone ( IUCN Category II) which occupies three separate areas of ocean with a total area of 17,439 square kilometres (6,733 square miles), a multiple use zone ( IUCN Category VI) with an area of 16,107 square kilometres (6,219 square miles) and a special purpose zone (IUCN Category VI) with an area of 24,400 square kilometres (9,400 square miles). [2] [4]
It is part of the group of Australian marine parks known as the South-West Marine Park Network. [2]
It lies east of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. [5]
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Western Eyre Marine Park Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Streaky Bay, South Australia |
Coordinates | 34°13′01″S 134°21′38″E / 34.2169°S 134.3605°E |
Established | 8 December 2012[1] |
Area | 57,946 km2 (22,373.1 sq mi) [2] |
Managing authorities | Director of National Parks |
Website | Western Eyre Marine Park |
Footnotes | Coordinates
[3] Nearest town [4] |
Western Eyre Marine Park (formerly Western Eyre Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is a marine protected area located in the Great Australian Bight south of South Australia in waters within the Australian Exclusive economic zone. [2]
It was gazetted in November 2012. [1]
The marine park consists of three zones - a marine national park zone ( IUCN Category II) which occupies three separate areas of ocean with a total area of 17,439 square kilometres (6,733 square miles), a multiple use zone ( IUCN Category VI) with an area of 16,107 square kilometres (6,219 square miles) and a special purpose zone (IUCN Category VI) with an area of 24,400 square kilometres (9,400 square miles). [2] [4]
It is part of the group of Australian marine parks known as the South-West Marine Park Network. [2]
It lies east of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. [5]
This article incorporates
text available under the
CC BY 3.0 AU licence. Required attribution: © Commonwealth of Australia 2013