Marine Protected Areas

Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve

Maps

Boundary description

All of that area within the Indian Ocean contained within and bounded as follows*:

  1. commencing at the point of latitude 16 degrees 58 minutes south, longitude 119 degrees 32 minutes east;
  2. then east along the parallel of latitude 16 degrees 58 minutes south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 119 degrees 43 minutes east;
  3. then south along the meridian of longitude 119 degrees 43 minutes east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 17 degrees 13 minutes south;
  4. then west along the parallel of latitude 17 degrees 13 minutes south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 119 degrees 32 minutes east; and
  5. then north along the meridian of longitude 119 degrees 32 minutes east 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.

Location of Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve (PDF - 149 KB)

Location of Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve (PDF - 149 KB).

Map showing reserve boundaries (PDF - 64 KB)

Reserve boundaries of Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve (PDF - 64 KB).

Guide to moorings

Mooring Location Swing Circle
M1 119° 38.587′ E, 17° 4.264′ S 50m
(larger vessels)
M2 119° 38.647′ E, 17° 4.400′ S 30m
M3 119° 38.759′ E, 17° 4.529′ S 30m
M4 119° 38.732′ E, 17° 4.627′ S 30m

Note: All moorings are yellow with a DEWHA tag. Please read the tag on arrival for more information.

Map of Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve

Also in this section

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