Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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| Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
 Map showing the Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve | |
| Location | Bass Strait, Australia |
| Nearest town | Tidal River, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 39°20′S 147°07′E / 39.34°S 147.12°E[1] |
| Area | 2,928 km2 (1,131 sq mi) |
| Established | 31 August 2007 |
| Governing body | Parks Australia (Commonwealth of Australia) |
| environment | |
Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve is a 2,928 km2 marine protected area within Australian waters located in Bass Strait off the coast of Victoria and near Tasmania's Flinders Island. The reserve was established in 2007[2] and is part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network.
The reserve boundaries enclose Kent Group National Park and the Hogan and Curtis Island groups. Nearby to the north-east is Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park. The reserve represents an area of shallow continental shelf ecosystems in depths of about 50–70 m (160–230 ft), the sea floor that it covers formed part of a land bridge between Tasmania and Victoria during the last ice age 10 000 years ago.[3]
The entirety of the Beagle marine reserve is IUCN protected area category VI and zoned as "Multiple Use".[3]
| Zone | IUCN | Activities permitted | Area (km2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Recreational fishing | Commercial fishing | Mining | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiple Use | VI | Yes | with approval | with approval | 2,928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shipwrecks
Located within the Beagle marine reserve are the wrecks of the SS Cambridge (sunk by German WWII mine) and Eliza Davis, both are east of Wilson's Promontory.[3]
Gallery
The Bassian Plain was a land bridge that connected Tasmania to mainland Australia
