Antartica’s which sea has been declared as world’s largest marine protected area?
Antartica’s which sea has been declared as world’s largest marine protected area?
[A]Caspian Sea
[B]Black Sea
[C]Ross Sea
[D]Dead Sea
Ross sea
Antartica’s Ross Sea has been declared as world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) after the landmark international agreement among 24 countries and the European Union in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting in Hobart, Australia. The Ross Sea is one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the world, which covers 1.6 million square kilometers. It is home to penguins, seals, Antarctic toothfish and whales.
Originally written on
October 29, 2016
and last modified on
December 20, 2023.