Pulicat Lake

Coringa

Bhitarkanika

Point Calimere

BalukhandKonark

Lothian Island (withinSundarban Biosphere Reserve)

Haliday Island (withinSundarban Biosphere Reserve)

Sajnakhali (within SundarbanBiosphere Reserve)

Gulf of MannarNational Park

Chilka (Nalaban)/Chilika Laka

Krishna

SundarbanNational Park

SundarbanTiger Reserve

Gulf of MannarBiosphere Reserve

GahirmathaMarine Sanctuary

BhitarkanikaWildlife Sanctuary

SundarbansBiosphere Reserve

Gulf ofMannar

Bay ofBengal

LaccadiveSea

BANGLADESH

SRILANKA

INDIA

92° E

92° E

88° E

88° E

84° E

84° E

80° E

80° E

76° E

76° E

22° N

22° N

18° N

18° N

14° N

14° N

10° N

10° N

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - INDIA

INDIANOCEAN

Bay ofBengal

SouthChina Sea

ArabianSea

Java Sea

AndamanSea Gulf of

Thailand

LaccadiveSea

Cambodia

ChinaBhutan

Lao

British IndianOcean Territory

NepalPakistan

Singapore

Viet Nam

Bangladesh

Myanmar

SriLanka

India

MaldivesMalaysia

Thailand

Indonesia

0 50 100 150 200km

Coordinate System: GCS WGS 1984Datum: WGS 1984

Data sources:Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) VLIZ (2012) Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 7.Coral Reefs:UNEP-WCMC (2010) Global Distribution of Coral ReefsMangroves: Spalding et. al (2010) World Atlas of MangrovesSeagrass: UNEP-WCMC, Short FT (2005) Global distribution of seagrassesBathymetry: The GEBCO_08 Grid, version 20100927, http://www.gebco.netMarine Protected Areas: Compiled from various sources including ReefBase,BOBLME (2011), Singh (2003), WDPA (2013),Burke et al. (2011) and MoEF (2013) by WorldFish up to October 2013

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Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

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Marine Protected Area(Polygon)

Coral Reefs

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Cinque Islands

North Reef Island

Parkinson Island

Rani Jhansi

South Reef Island

Lohabarrack

South Button Island

Mangroves Island

Blister Island

SandyIsland

North Button Island

Middle Button Island

MahatmaGandhi

Cuthbert Bay

Bay ofBengal

AndamanSea

94°E

94°E

93°E

93°E

92°E

92°E

91°E

91°E

14°N

14°N

13°N

13°N

12°N

12°N

11°N

11°N

Bay ofBengal

AndamanSea

Galathea

Great NicobarBiosphere Reserve

95°E

95°E

94°E

94°E

93°E

93°E

92°E

92°E

9°N

9°N

8°N

8°N

7°N

7°N

Andaman Islands

Nicobar Islands

Bay ofBengal 0 20 40 60 80 100

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