Largest protected areas of the world edit
Rank Name Country Location Size (km2 ) Year Ref 1 Marae Moana Cook Islands Cook Islands 1,976,000 2017 [4] 2 French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve France French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1,600,000 2016 [5] 3 Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area Antarctica Ross Sea 1,550,000 2016 [6] [7] 4 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument United States Hawaii and Midway Atoll 1,508,846 2006 [8] 5 Natural Park of the Coral Sea France New Caledonia 1,292,967 2014 [9] 6 Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument United States Central Pacific Ocean 1,270,480 2009 [10] 7 South Georgia Marine Protected Area United Kingdom South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1,240,000 2012 [11] 8 Coral Sea Marine Park Australia Coral Sea 989,836 2018 [12] [13] 9 Protection zone around the French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve France French Southern and Antarctic Lands 989,787 2017 [14] 10 Northeast Greenland National Park Greenland Northeast Greenland 972,000 1974 [15] 11 Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas United States Alaska 869,206 2002 [16] 12 Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve United Kingdom Pitcairn Islands 834,334 2016 [17] 13 British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area United Kingdom British Indian Ocean Territory (disputed by Mauritius )640,000 2010 [18] 14 Rapa Nui Marine and Coastal Protected Area Chile Rapa Nui 579,368 2018 [19] 15 Palau National Marine Sanctuary Palau Palau 502,538 2015 [20] [21] 16 Kermadec Benthic Protection Area New Zealand Kermadec Islands 469,276 2007 17 Ascension Exclusive Economic Zone United Kingdom Ascension Island 440,000 2019 [22] 18 Phoenix Islands Protected Area Kiribati Phoenix Islands 408,250 2006 [23] 19 Trindade and Martin Vaz Archipelago Environmental Protection Area Brazil Trindade and Martin Vaz 403,848 2018 [24] 20 Pacific Biosphere Reserve Mexico Eastern Pacific Ocean 390,091 2016 [25] 21 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago Environmental Protection Area Brazil Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago 384,565 2018 [26] 22 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Australia Great Barrier Reef 348,700 1981 [27] 23 Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area United States Western Atlantic Ocean 336,101 1997 [28] 24 Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area Canada Ellesmere Island 319,411 2019 [29] 25 Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park Chile Desventuradas Islands 300,035 2016 [30] [31] 26 Cerrado Biosphere Reserve Brazil Goiás , Maranhão , Piauí , Tocantins , and Federal District 296,525 1994 [32] 27 Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve Brazil Atlantic Forest (15 states )294,734 1993 [33] [34] 28 Pantanal Biosphere Reserve Brazil Goiás , Mato Grosso , and Mato Grosso do Sul 251,569 2000 [35]
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