Gifford Marine Park

Gifford Marine Park is an Australian marine park located 700 km (435 mi) east of Brisbane, Queensland.^[1] Part of the Temperate East Marine Park Network, it protects 5,828 km² (2,250 sq mi) around two flat-topped seamounts, located in the Lord Howe Seamount Chain.^[2]^[3]

One of the two seamounts, Gifford Guyot, gives its name to the park.^[4] The Gifford Marine Park protects the habitat for humpback and sperm whales who may visit the seamounts for feeding, resting and breeding and also for navigation.^[2]

The Gifford Marine Park has been designated a Habitat Protection Zone, IUCN Category IV.^[5]

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Images taken from Nanson et al (2018).^[4]

Gorgonians, sponges, and Parapercis fish

Sediment over consolidated bedform with a Ateleopus sp

Sediment veneer over consolidated bedform with shark (possibly Squalus griffini)

Sediment & calcareous-conglomerate with crinoid

Sediment & limestone outcropping with sea squirt

References

^ "Gifford Marine Park". Marine Biodiversity Hub. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Seafloor bathymetry of the Gifford Marine Park". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Gifford Marine Park". parksaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Nanson, Rachel; Carroll, Andrew; Huang, Zhi; Nichol, Scott; Miller, Karen (2 August 2018). "An eco-narrative of Gifford Marine Park – Temperate East marine region" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity Hub. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Temperate East Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 Zoning and rules" (PDF). Parks Australia. 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

26°46′S 159°26′E / 26.767°S 159.433°E / -26.767; 159.433

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[1] "Gifford Marine Park". Marine Biodiversity Hub. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[:0-2] "Seafloor bathymetry of the Gifford Marine Park". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[:1-3] "Gifford Marine Park". parksaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[AutoJC-2-4] Nanson, Rachel; Carroll, Andrew; Huang, Zhi; Nichol, Scott; Miller, Karen (2 August 2018). "An eco-narrative of Gifford Marine Park – Temperate East marine region" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity Hub. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[5] "Temperate East Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 Zoning and rules" (PDF). Parks Australia. 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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