De Hoop MPA

BOUNDARIES

The boundary of De Hoop MPA is gazetted under Section 3 of Government Notice 1429 (20 December 2000) as follows:

The De Hoop Marine Protected Area in the Western Cape Province is bounded by the high water mark, a line (1  14^o) true bearing)  drawn from the beacon marked D1-fl, situated near Stilbaai Point (34^o27’.13S; 020^o52’.25E), another line (150’ true bearing) drawn from the beacon marked DH2, situated between Rys Point and Skipskop (34^o34’.94S; 020o21’89E), and a seaward boundary, which is a series of straight lines joining the following positions, each three nautical miles from shore:

34^o28’.378S; 20^o55’.653E,

34^o28’.385S; 20^o55’.397E – (Cape Nature to verify this point)

34^o30’.378S; 20^o53’.904E

34^o31’.295S; 20^o51’.277E

34^o31’.088S; 20^o48’.865E

34^o30’.416S; 20^o45’.593E

34^o29’.850S; 20^o41’.128E

34^o30’.438S; 20^o34’.900E

34^o32’.329S; 20^o29’.699E

34^o37’.600S; 20^o23’.757E

 

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