__NOTOC__ Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (formerly Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is a

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located south of

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in waters within the Australian Exclusive economic zone to the south of

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...

and ranging in depth from to . It was gazetted in November 2012. It was renamed on 11 October 2017. It is part of a group of

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managed by the

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known as the South-west Marine Park Network. It is bounded on its northern side by the Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park which is managed by the Government of South Australia. The marine park includes an

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representative of the

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known as the "Spencer Gulf Shelf Province", a "key ecological feature" consisting of a feature known as the "Kangaroo Island Pool" and the associated "Eyre Peninsula upwelling" both notable for their "high productivity, breeding and feeding aggregations", a calving area for southern right whale and feeding areas for both the Australian sea lion and the

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. The marine park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network map

References

External links

Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas managed by the Australian Government , state=collapsed Australian marine parks Protected areas established in 2012 2012 establishments in Australia

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