NOAA Fisheries page on the 2016 Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area: roughly 1.5 million square kilometers (600,000 square miles), the largest marine protected area on Earth, described as one of the most pristine and least disturbed marine ecosystems left in the world's ocean.
Facts
PublisherNOAA Fisheries
URLhttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/international-affairs/marine-protected-area-antarcticas-ross-sea
Source Typescientific-agency
Sources
Marine Protected Area in Antarctica's Ross Sea (NOAA Fisheries)
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Ecosystems, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Biomes, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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