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
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This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Ecosystems, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Biomes, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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