Marine Protected Areas

Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve

Maps

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 29°21'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 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.

Existing Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act

Marine protected areas

Temperate East Marine Region

Coral Sea

North-west Marine Region

South-east Marine Region

South-west Marine Region