Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve
Maps
Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
Boundary description
All of that area within the Indian Ocean contained within and bounded as follows*:
- commencing at the point of latitude 12 degrees 9 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 123 degrees 0 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then east along the parallel of latitude 12 degrees 9 minutes 55 seconds south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 123 degrees 14 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then generally southeast along the geodesic to the point of latitude 12 degrees 12 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 123 degrees 16 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then south along the meridian of longitude 123 degrees 16 minutes 4.5 seconds east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 12 degrees 15 minutes 55 seconds south;
- then generally southwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 12 degrees 19 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 123 degrees 10 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 12 degrees 18 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 123 degrees 0 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then generally northwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 12 degrees 13 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 122 degrees 53 minutes 4.5 seconds east;
- then generally northeast along the geodesic to the point of latitude 12 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds south, longitude 122 degrees 55 minutes 4.5 seconds east; and
- then generally northeast 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.
Bathymetry
Cartier Island Marine Reserve
Boundary description
All the area of land and Australian coastal sea enclosed within the circumference of a circle of radius 4 nautical miles, the centre of which is on an island in the Indian Ocean known as Cartier Island at latitude 12°31'50.8" South and longitude 123°33'18.8" East.
All co-ordinates are referred to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
Also in this section
Existing Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act
Marine Protected Areas
East Marine Region
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)