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Marine Protected Areas

Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve boundary description

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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.

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
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