South-west Corner Marine Park

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South-west Corner Marine Park
Australia
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The South-west Corner Marine Park, highlighted in blue, south of Western Australia's lower south west and southern coast
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South-west Corner Marine Park
Coordinates 34°06′39″S121°01′25″E / 34.1108°S 121.0237°E / -34.1108; 121.0237 [1]
Established14 December 2013 [2]
Area271,833 km2 (104,955.3 sq mi) [2]
Managing authorities Director of National Parks [2]
Website South-west Corner Marine Park

The South-west Corner Marine Park (formerly South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve) [3] is a marine protected area on the lower south west and southern coast of Western Australia, one of 14 in the South-west Marine Parks Network. [4]

Contents

It was gazetted on 14 December 2013 and was renamed on 11 October 2017. [5] [2]

Features

The key ecological features of the marine park include:

The marine park is located in Commonwealth waters (further away from the coastline) equivalent of the state marine park Ngari Capes Marine Park, which exists within Western Australian state jurisdiction.

Major conservation values

The South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network, including the South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network map.jpg
The South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network, including the South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve

The South-west Corner Marine Park has the following major conservation values: [3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) – Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas by Type (2016) (refer "DETAIL' tab)". Department of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Director of National Parks (2018). South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 (PDF). Canberra: Director of National Parks. pp. 109–111. ISBN   978-0-9876152-4-4 . Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 Australian Government Department of the Environment. "South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Australian Government Department of the Environment. "South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017". Federal Register of Legislation. Australian Government. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ↑ The Nature and Origin of the Submarine Albany Canyons Off Southwest Australia, Geoscience Australia, retrieved 8 December 2013
  7. ↑ Key Ecological Features (polygons) – SW marine planning region, Australian Ocean Data Network, 1 October 2007, retrieved 8 December 2013[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "An incredible wave of relief: it's Ofishal: 40 per cent of Australia's waters are now protected. (NEWS) (Brief article)", Habitat Australia, 41 (1), Australian Conservation Foundation: 16(1), 1 January 2013, ISSN   0310-2939
  9. ↑ Borissova, I; Geoscience Australia (2002), Geological framework of the Naturaliste Plateau, Geoscience Australia, ISBN   978-0-642-46749-2

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