page_title: MOU Box
hierarchical_section_title: MOU Box
caption_attribution_description: Timor Sea. Indonesia (Shaded Relief) U.S. Central Intelligence Agency map
context_page_description: The MOU Box, or sometimes the MOU 74 Box, refers to a rectangular tract of marine waters in the Timor Sea, lying within Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone, that is subject to a 1974 memorandum of understanding, and subsequent agreements, between Australia and Indonesia. The MOU Box covers an area of about 50,000 km² including Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Browse Island, and Ashmore and Cartier Islands. Australia declared a marine protected area around Ashmore Island in 1983, and around Cartier Island in 2000.
context_section_description: The MOU Box, or sometimes the MOU 74 Box, refers to a rectangular tract of marine waters in the Timor Sea, lying within Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone, that is subject to a 1974 memorandum of understanding, and subsequent agreements, between Australia and Indonesia. The MOU Box covers an area of about 50,000 km² including Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Browse Island, and Ashmore and Cartier Islands. Australia declared a marine protected area around Ashmore Island in 1983, and around Cartier Island in 2000.
caption: Map showing the location of the Timor Sea (and of Ashmore and Cartier Islands) in the eastern Indian Ocean
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