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Mermaid Reef Marine Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Mermaid Reef within the park seen from the International Space Station on 23 July 2001.
Map
Map showing the Mermaid Reef Marine Park. The area is a National Park Zone ('no take' zone).[1]
LocationAustralia
Coordinates17°05′30″S 119°37′30″E / 17.0917°S 119.6250°E / -17.0917; 119.6250[2]
Area540 km2 (210 sq mi)
Established10 April 1991
OperatorParks Australia
Websiteparksaustralia.gov.au/marine/parks/north-west

The Mermaid Reef Marine Park (previously known as the Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve) is an Australian marine park in the Rowley Shoals, located approximately 280 kilometres (170 mi) north-west of Broome, Western Australia. The marine park covers an area of 540 km2 (210 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category II. It is one of 13 parks managed under the North-west Marine Parks Network, and lies adjacent to the Argo-Rowley Terrace Marine Park[3]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Relation: Mermaid Reef Marine Park (8390145)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "North-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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