Encounter Marine Park
Protected area in South Australia
35°41′46″S 138°08′27″E / 35.69603°S 138.14082°E / -35.69603; 138.14082Encounter Marine Park is a marine park in South Australia. It is in the Fleurieu Peninsula in state of South Australia, close to Adelaide.[1]
The land around Encounter Marine Park is mostly hilly, but its immediate surroundings are different. The nearest reasonably sized town is Delamere, 13.1 km north. In the region around Encounter Marine Park, coves, and bays are very common. The climate of the marine park is cool with an average temperature of 17 °C. The warmest month is December, at 24 °C, and the coldest July, at 6 °C.[2] The average rainfall is 863 millimetres per year. The wettest month is June, with 172 millimetres of rain, and the driest January, with 24 mm.[3]
The park is popular for whale watching[4] and also home to the site of the HMAS Hobart shipwreck, which is now a diving spot.[5]
References
- ^ "Marine Parks | Encounter". Marine Parks. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Marine Parks | Whale watching". Marine Parks. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Marine Parks | Diving the HMAS Hobart". Marine Parks. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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Marine protected areas of South Australia
- American River
- Aldinga Reef
- Bales Beach
- Barker Inlet-St Kilda
- Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank
- Coobowie
- Whyalla - Cowleds Landing
- Goose Island
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary
- Point Labatt
- Port Noarlunga Reef
- Seal Bay
- St Kilda – Chapman Creek
- Troubridge Hill
- West Island Encounter Bay
- Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf
- Eastern Spencer Gulf
- Encounter
- Far West Coast
- Franklin Harbor
- Gambier Islands Group
- Investigator
- Lower South East
- Lower Yorke Peninsula
- Neptune Islands Group
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- Southern Kangaroo Island
- Southern Spencer Gulf
- Thorny Passage
- Upper Gulf St Vincent
- Upper South East
- Upper Spencer Gulf
- West Coast Bays
- Western Kangaroo Island
- Beatrice Islet
- Bird Islands
- Lipson Island
- Neptune Islands
- Nicolas Baudin Island
- Nuyts Reef
- Rocky Island (North)
- Rocky Island (South)
- Sinclair Island
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- The Pages
- Troubridge Island
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