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Pulicat Lake Coringa Bhitarkanika Point Calimere Balukhand Konark Lothian Island (within Sundarban Biosphere Reserve) Haliday Island (within Sundarban Biosphere Reserve) Sajnakhali (within Sundarban Biosphere Reserve) Gulf of Mannar National Park Chilka (Nalaban)/ Chilika Laka Krishna Sundarban National Park Sundarban Tiger Reserve Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve Gulf of Mannar Laccadive Sea BANGLADESH SRI LANKA 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 INDIAN OCEAN Bay of Bengal South China Sea Arabian Sea Java Sea Andaman Sea Gulf of Thailand Laccadive Sea Cambodia China Bhutan Lao British Indian Ocean Territory Nepal Pakistan Singapore Viet Nam Bangladesh Myanmar Sri Lanka India Maldives Malaysia Thailand Indonesia 0 50 100 150 200 km Coordinate System: GCS WGS 1984 Datum: WGS 1984 Data sources: Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) VLIZ (2012) Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 7. Coral Reefs:UNEP-WCMC (2010) Global Distribution of Coral Reefs Mangroves: Spalding et. al (2010) World Atlas of Mangroves Seagrass: UNEP-WCMC, Short FT (2005) Global distribution of seagrasses Bathymetry: The GEBCO_08 Grid, version 20100927, http://www.gebco.net Marine 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 [ Bathymetry (depths in metres) 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Legend Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Boundary Administrative Boundary Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ! . Marine Protected Area (Unknown Boundaries) Marine Protected Area (Polygon) Coral Reefs Seagrass Mangroves Date: 27 Mar 2014 ! . Cinque Islands North Reef Island Parkinson Island Rani Jhansi South Reef Island Lohabarrack South Button Island Mangroves Island Blister Island Sandy Island North Button Island Middle Button Island Mahatma Gandhi Cuthbert Bay Bay of Bengal Andaman Sea 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 of Bengal Andaman Sea Galathea Great Nicobar Biosphere 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 of Bengal 0 20 40 60 80 100 km 0 20 40 60 80 100 km
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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
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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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LegendBay of BengalLarge Marine Ecosystem Boundary
Administrative Boundary
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
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Marine Protected Area(Unknown Boundaries)
Marine Protected Area(Polygon)
Coral Reefs
Seagrass
Mangroves
Date: 27 Mar 2014
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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
km
0 20 40 60 80 100km
