Proclamation - Murray Marine Park
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(i) commencing at the point of latitude 37 degrees 5 minutes 54 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 39 minutes 54 seconds east; (ii) then north‑easterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the meridian of longitude 138 degrees 57 minutes 20 seconds east, with the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia; (iii) then generally south‑easterly along the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 139 degrees 9 minutes 52 seconds east; (iv) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 12 minutes 18 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 56 minutes 6 seconds east; and (v) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
* The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.
** All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995.
*** The exclusive economic zone in relation to Australia and its external territories has been declared under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Proclamation dated 26 July 1994 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette S290 of 29 July 1994).