Arafura Marine Park

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The Arafura Marine Park, about 250 km (160 mi) north-east of Darwin, is Australia's most northern marine park, and is part of the North Network of Australian Marine Parks. The Aboriginal clans of Mandilarri-Ildugij, the Mangalara, the Murran, the Gadura-Minaga and the Ngaynjaharr whose sea country t

his is, share some of the responsibilities for the park. The marine park covers 22,924 km2 (8,851 sq mi), and has depths from 5 metres (16 ft) to over 500 metres (1,600 ft). The park is managed as an IUCN category VI park with three zones (see figure 1): a multiple use zone, a special purpose zone and a special purpose (trawl) zone. Important sections of the park (see figure 2) include the Money Shoal, which is an area of raised sea-bed, thought to have been produced by periods of coral reef growth during the Quaternary and differing sea levels.

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