List of largest protected areas
Largest protected areas of the world
Table:
Rank

Name

Country or area

Size
(sq. km)

Year
designated

1

Marae Moana

Cook Islands

1,976,000

2017

2

Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area

Antarctica

1,555,851

2017

3

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

Hawaii and Midway Atoll, United States

1,508,870

2006

4

Natural Park of the Coral Sea

New Caledonia

1,292,967

2014

5

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

Central Pacific Ocean, United States

1,277,860

2009

6

South Georgia Marine Protected Area[5]

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

1,070,000

2012

7

Coral Sea Marine Park

Australia

989,836

2018

8

Protection zone around the French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve[6]

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

989,787

2017

9

Northeast Greenland National Park

Greenland

972,000

1974

10

Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas[7]

Alaska, United States

869,206

2002

11

Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve

Pitcairn Islands

834,334

2016

12

British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area

British Indian Ocean Territory (disputed by Mauritius)

640,000

2010

13

French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve[8]

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

545,060

2016

14

Palau National Marine Sanctuary[9]

Palau

500,000

2015

15

Kermadec Benthic Protection Area

Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

469,276

2007

16

Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Phoenix Islands, Kiribati

408,250

2006

17

Pacific Biosphere Reserve[10]

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico

390,091

2016

18

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Australia

348,700

1981

19

Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area[11]

Western Atlantic Ocean, United States

336,101

1997

20

Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park[12]

Desventuradas Islands, Chile

300,035

2016

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