Marine parks

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park is located in the City of Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York in the USA. The park is at the south end of Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Its main use is as a marina / boat launch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allan H. Treman State Marine Park"

Canandaigua Lake, also called Lake Canandaigua, is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes, in the U.S. state of New York. It is called the "Chosen Spot" in the language of the Iroquois. At the northern end is the city of Canandaigua and the southern end is near the town of Naples, embedded in the heart of the Finger Lakes wine country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canandaigua Lake"

Coral World is a marine park located in the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The museum and park's structure consists of an over-water floor with gift shops, restaurants and exhibitions, and an underwater exhibition where tourists can see fish, sea plants nd other things. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coral World"

Located at the mouth of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada Fathom Five National Marine Park is a largely underwater national park that seeks to protect and display shipwrecks and lighthouses. The many shipwrecks make it a popular scuba diving destination, and glass bottom boat tours leave Tobermory, Ontario regularly, allowing tourists to see the shipwrecks without having to get wet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fathom Five National Marine Park"

Great Australian Bight is a marine national park in South Australia, 918 km west of Adelaide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Australian Bight Marine Park"

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from activities that would damage it. Fishing and the removal of artifacts or wildlife ( fish, coral, sea shells etc) is strictly regulated, and commercial shipping traffic must stick to certain specific defined shipping routes that avoid the most sensitive areas of the park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Barrier Reef Marine Park"

Hoi Ha Wan (海下灣, lit. "a bay below a sea") or Jones Cove is a bay at the north of Sai Kung Peninsula. It is a marine park in Hong Kong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoi Ha Wan" http://www.shortopedia.com rocks. Marine_parks

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale District near the Tanzanian border. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park"

Lord Howe Island Marine Park consists of the waters to 3 nautical miles (6 km) off Lord Howe Island, Ball's Pyramid and a New South Wales state marine park. The waters 3 to 12 nautical miles (6 to 22 km) from Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid were declared a federal marine park on 21 June 2000, see Lord Howe Island Marine Park (commonwealth waters). The park complements the island group's status as a World Heritage site. Its primary objective is to protect marine biodiversity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lord Howe Island Marine Park"

Lord Howe Island Marine Park (commonwealth waters) is a 3000.63 km² marine park managed by the Department of the Environment and Heritage, adjacent to the 465.45 km² Lord Howe Island Marine Park managed by the Marine Parks Authority New South Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lord Howe Island Marine Park (commonwealth waters)"

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea (or sometimes a lake) protected for recreational use. Most marine parks are designated by governments, and organized like watery national parks, but there are also private marine parks. A theme park featuring sea life may be a sort of combination of marine park, public aquarium, and zoo, with a variety of animals kept inside, outside in enclosed tanks, or outside in the sea, fenced in order to keep them from wandering off. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marine park"

The Marquette Underwater Preserve was established in 1990 to promote conservation of the submerged historical resources in Lake Superior near Marquette, Michigan. The Preserve offers outstanding scuba diving along the lake's shoreline in two areas of Marquette County, named the Marquette Unit and the Hurons Islands Unit. The Marquette Unit extends along 24 miles of shoreline out to the 200 foot contour. The Michigan Underwater Preserve Council coordinates the preserves in the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marquette Underwater Preserve"

Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve is a marine park and national reserve in Mombasa, Kenya. The park is 10 km2 (2,500 acres) while the reserve is 200 km2 (49,400 acres). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve"

Oak Orchard State Marine Park is a state park located at the mouth of Oak Orchard River at Lake Ontario in the Town of Carlton in Orleans County, New York, USA. The park can be accessed on Route 18. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oak Orchard State Marine Park" Good to know shortopedia.

The Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park is located where the fjord of the Saguenay River meets the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River. ...more on Wikipedia about "Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park"

SeaWorld is a chain of theme parks in the United States, with operations in Orlando, Florida, San Diego, California, San Antonio, Texas, and previously Cleveland, Ohio. The parks feature killer whale, sea lion, and dolphin shows and zoological displays featuring various other marine animals. The parks' icon is Shamu the killer whale. ...more on Wikipedia about "SeaWorld"

Shark Bay Marine Park is located at Shark Bay, Western Australia, over 800 km north of Perth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shark Bay Marine Park"

Underwater World is one of the major attractions on the tourist island of Sentosa. This unique and well-known oceanarium showcases about 2500 marine animals from 250 species around the region. It opened in 1991 and has since welcomed more than 20 million visitors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underwater World"

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