Commencement:  21 November 1983

DECLARATION OF MARINE RESERVE

Published Gazette No. 40 of 1983

The area of waters defined below and the seabed underlying such waters is hereby declared to be a marine reserve.

Area of waters

The area off the south coast of Espiritu Santo Island to seaward of the highest water mark of spring tides and bounded by a line from the "white rock" in position latitude 15° 31’ 16”S, longitude 167° 13’ 32”E (on British Admiralty chart 179) extending 180° true for 0.3 nautical miles, then 090° true for 1 nautical mile and thence 000° true, to the shore.

This area includes the wreck of the President Coolidge and the area known as Million Dollar Point.