Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters)

Ningaloo Marine Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Male whale shark, about 6 metres (20 ft) long
Map
Map showing the Ningaloo Marine Park. The shaded area is a National Park Zone ('no take' zone).[1]
LocationAustralia
Coordinates22°37′09″S 113°32′46″E / 22.6191°S 113.5461°E / -22.6191; 113.5461[2]
Area2,435 km2 (940 sq mi)
Established20 May 1987
OperatorParks Australia
Websiteparksaustralia.gov.au/marine/parks/north-west/ningaloo/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Ningaloo Marine Park (formerly known as the Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park offshore of Western Australia, and west of the Ningaloo Coast.[3][4] The marine park covers an area of 2,435 km2 (940 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category IV. It is one of the 13 parks managed under the North-west Marine Parks Network.[5]

A marine park of the same name lies directly east, but is managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife of Western Australia.

  1. ^ Map data: Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones ('no take' zones) from Australian Marine Parks, (2018) Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. CC BY 4.0. http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D
  2. ^ "Relation: Ningaloo Marine Park (8426821)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (2018). Ningaloo Marine Park (PDF) (Map). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "North-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2018.