Marine parks: Western Australia
- Biohotspot has pages for 25 marine parks in Western Australia.
- Together they cover 53,619 km²; where parks overlap, the area is counted once.
- 5.7 % of that area (3,068 km²) is in zones of IUCN category Ia, strict nature reserve.
The parks
| Park | km² | IUCN Ia |
|---|---|---|
| Bardi Jawi Gaarra | 2,044 | 0.0 % |
| Barrow Island | 1,168 | 3.4 % |
| Eighty Mile Beach | 1,997 | 0.0 % |
| Great Sandy Island | 42.0 | 100.0 % |
| Hamelin Pool | 1,145 | 100.0 % |
| Jurien Bay | 824 | 3.8 % |
| Lalang-gaddam | 12,184 | 0.0 % |
| Marmion | 95.0 | 0.4 % |
| Mayala | 3,125 | 0.0 % |
| Montebello Islands | not shown | not shown |
| Muiron Islands | 286 | 6.7 % |
| Ngari Capes | 1,225 | 0.0 % |
| Ningaloo | 2,613 | 33.4 % |
| North Kimberley | 16,687 | 0.0 % |
| Nyangumarta Warrarn | 154 | 0.0 % |
| Rottnest Island | 38.3 | 0.0 % |
| Rowley Shoals | 876 | 24.2 % |
| Scott Reef | 33.8 | 100.0 % |
| Sedimentary Deposits Reserve | 631 | 0.0 % |
| Shark Bay | 7,137 | 5.1 % |
| Shoalwater Islands | 66.6 | 0.0 % |
| Thevenard Island | 21.7 | 100.0 % |
| Walpole And Nornalup Inlets | 14.4 | 0.0 % |
| Yawuru | 727 | 0.0 % |
| Yawuru Nagulagun / Roebuck Bay | 788 | 0.0 % |
“Not shown”: some of the park’s zones overlap in CAPAD, so its area is not the sum of its zone areas (see its page).
Source and licence
- Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine · Australian Government, DCCEEWLicence: CC BY 4.0Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine.
A park has a page when it covers at least 10 km², at least 3 open habitat or pressure layers have data inside it, and at least one habitat, carbon or pressure figure is measured inside it. Computed on 2026-10-27.