Marine Protected Areas

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• Map of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve (PDF - 75 KB)

Boundary description

The area specified is the area bounded by a line:

1. commencing at the point of Latitude 29°21'South, Longitude 158°59'East;
2. running thence east along the parallel of Latitude 29o21'South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 159°14'East;
3. thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 30°03'South, Longitude 159°10'East;
4. thence west along the parallel of Latitude 30°03'South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 158°55'East; and
5. thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

All of that area in the Tasman Sea enclosed within the circumference of a circle of radius 1000 metres the centre of which is at the point of latitude 31 degrees 40 minutes 52 seconds south, longitude 152 degrees 54 minutes 37 seconds east.*

* All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995.

Read more: About the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve