The Coral Sea Marine Park (previously known as the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland. The marine park covers an area of 989,836 km2 (382,178 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category IV. It is Australia's largest single marine park and together with the French Natural Park of the Coral Sea (French: Parc Naturel de la Mer de Corail) form the largest protected area in the World.[3]
The Coral Sea Marine Park lies directly adjacent to and east of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
^Map data: Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones ('no take' zones) from Australian Marine Parks, (2018) Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. CC BY 4.0. http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D
^"Relation: Coral Sea Marine Park (8448061)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^"Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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