Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
Maps
Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve boundary description
All of that area within the Coral Sea contained within and bounded as follows*:
- commencing at the point of latitude 17 degrees 54 minutes south, longitude 151 degrees 8 minutes east;
- then north along the meridian of longitude 151 degrees 8 minutes east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 17 degrees 21 minutes south;
- then generally northeast along the geodesic to the point of latitude 16 degrees 57 minutes south, longitude 151 degrees 54 minutes east;
- then east along the parallel of latitude 16 degrees 57 minutes south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 152 degrees 20 minutes east;
- then south along the meridian of longitude 152 degrees 20 minutes east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 17 degrees 27 minutes south; and
- then generally southwest 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.
Also in this section
Existing Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act
Marine protected areas
Temperate East Marine Region
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve
- Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)
- Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Coral Sea
- Coral Sea Conservation Zone
- Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve
- Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
North-west Marine Region
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
and
Cartier Island Marine Reserve - Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)