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Troubridge Hill Aquatic Reserve is a
marine protected area
A marine protected area (MPA) is a protected area of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many forms ranging from wildlife refuges to research facilities. MPAs restrict human activity ...
in the Australian state of
South Australia
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located in
Investigator Strait
Investigator Strait is a body of water in South Australia lying between the Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his ship, HMS ''Investigator'', on his voyage of 1801–1802. ...
adjoining the south coast of
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula, known as Guuranda by the original inhabitants, the Narungga people, is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula ...
at the headland of
Troubridge Hill.
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It was declared in 1984 for the ‘"protection of marine habitat and associated organisms and for education and recreation purposes." The collection or removal of any marine organism is prohibited with the exception of organisms collected by line fishing. The following activities are permitted - boating, recreational diving and swimming. The aquatic reserve extends seaward for a distance of about from the coastline between Suicide Point to the west of Troubridge Hill to a point on the coast about east of Troubridge Hill. The wrecksite of the SS ''Clan Ranald'' is located within the aquatic reserve.][
Since 2012, it has been located within the boundaries of a habitat protection zone within the ]Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park
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.IUCN
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Category VI protected area.[
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See also
*Protected areas of South Australia
Protected areas of South Australia, consisting of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of 2018, South Australia contained 359 separa ...
* Troubridge (disambiguation)
References
External links
Entry for Troubridge Hill Aquatic Reserve on Protected Planet website
{{Marine protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed
Aquatic reserves of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1984
1984 establishments in Australia
Investigator Strait