Southeast
Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve: Deep Ocean Topography and Tasmanian Marine Protected Areas
Exploring underwater mountain peaks and protected seafloor habitats.
Situated in the Pacific Ocean south of Tasmania, the Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve is defined by a dense cluster of seventy submerged seamounts. These massive cone-shaped structures provide rare structural complexity on the deep seafloor, acting as critical nodes for biodiversity, foraging marine life, and protected benthic communities. This atlas entry provides a detailed look at the reserve's topography and its role in the broader South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network.
- Area
- 9,991 km²
- Established
- 1999
- IUCN
- VI
- Relief
- Mixed relief

