National Parks & World Heritage Sites Of The South Pacific

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Shown below are some of the various nature reserves, national parks, marine parks, UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other protected areas located in the south Pacific Ocean.

Bokissa Eco Island - Espiritu Santo,Vanuatu - Tropical Rain Forest & Coral Reef, Nature Reserve.

Chief Roi Mata's Domain - Efate Island, Vanuatu - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 886 hectares.

Colo - I - Suva Forest Park - Viti Levu, Fiji - Nature Reserve - 2.5 sq km.

Easter Island - Chile - Rapa Nui National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site - 71.3 sq km.

East Rennel Island – Solomon Islands – UNESCO World Heritage Site - Designated in 1998 making it the first UNESCO site in the Pacific. The area includes a raised coral atoll and the 130 sq km Lake Tongariro National Park, which is the largest freshwater lake in the Pacific.

Fraser Island - Australia - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 184,000 hectares.

Funafuti Marine Conservation Area - Tuvalu - Reef, lagoon and six islets covering 33 sq km.

Galapagos Islands - Ecuador - National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site - 7995.4 sq km.

Great Barrier Reef - Coral Sea - Australia - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 344,400 sq km. The world's largest double barrier reef consisting of 2,900 reefs and 900 islands.

Ha'atafeu Beach Reserve - Tongapatu, Tonga.

Hakaumamato Reef Reserve - Tongapatu, Tonga - 14 km.

Henderson Island - Pitcairn Islands - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 3,700 hectares.

Jarvis Island - United States - United States Pacific Island Wildlife Reserve - 4.5 sq km. The island is an uninhabited coral island which is part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and is the only island located in the south Pacific which form part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Monument and National Wildlife Refuge System, a group of seven islands and atolls located in the north Pacific.

J.M Barker Historic Reserve - Hanson Bay, Chatham Island - Kopi forest containing several Maiori tree carvings - 33 hectares.

Kermadec Islands Nature Reserve - New Zealand - Six uninhabited sub-tropical islands covering 33.08 sq km.

Lord Howe Island - Tasman Sea - Australia - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 1,540 hectares.

Lord Howe Island Marine Park - Tasman Sea, includes Ball's Pyramid Rock - Australia - 465,45 sq km.

Macquarie Island - Australia - UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - 540,000 hectares. The island is an exposed crest of the undersea Macquarie Ridge and the only place on earth where the earth's mantle is exposed.

Manu'a Islands - American Samoa - National Park of American Samoa - 9,000 acres, 2,500 acres of which is a marine park.This park is the United States' only national park located in the southern hemisphere.

Manuae Islands - Cook Islands - Marine Park and Conservation Area - 6.17 sq km.

Marovo Lagoon - Solomon Islands - Eco Reserve - 700 sq km - The world's largest lagoon with a double barrier reef.

Million Dollar Point - Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - Marine Reserve.

Monuafe Reef Reserve - Monuafe Island, Tonga.

Mauna Reef Giant Clam Reserve - Tongapatu, Tonga.

Muihopohoponga Coastal Reserve - Niutoua, Tonga.

New Caledonia Barrier Reef - New Caledonia - Marine Reserve - 24,000 sq km. The world's second largest double barrier reef.

New Caledonia Rain Forest - Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - Protected Eco-system - 14,600 sq km.

Norfolk & Philip Islands - Australia - National Park and Botanic Gardens - 6.10 sq km.

North Island - Gulf of Carpentaria - Australia - Barranyi National Park - 45.21 sq km.

Phoenix Islands – Kiribati – UNESCO World Heritage Site - 408,250 sq km - The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is the largest Marine Park in the world.

Rangaimotu Reef Reserve - Nuku'alofa Harbour, Tongapatu, Tonga.

Solomon Islands Rain Forest - Tropical broad leaf rain forest eco - region incorporating Papua New Guinea's Bougainville and Buka Islands - 22,369 sq km.

Stewart Island - Foveau Strait - New Zealand - Rakiura National Park - 157,000 hectares.

Suwarrow Atoll - Cook Islands - Cook Islands National Park - 0.4 sq km.

Tairo Atoll - French Polynesia - UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Takutea Island - Cook Islands - Wild Life Sanctuary with protected coral reef - 1.22 sq km.

Western Highlands - Papua New Guinea - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 116 hectares.

Vanuatu Rain Forest - Tropical broad leaf rain forest eco-region, which also includes the Solomon Islands' Santa Cruz Island group - 8,207 sq km.

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