Argo-Rowley Terrace Marine Park

Argo-Rowley Terrace Marine Park is the largest park in the north-west.

The undersea canyons in the Marine Park are up to 50 million years old, and link a deep sea plain (Argo Abyssal Plain) to shallower features (Rowley Terrace and Scott Plateau).

These canyons transport sediments to the deep ocean floor, as well as altering water flows to generate periodic upwelling, enhancing biological productivity in the water above and providing important habitat for the pygmy blue whale. 

In the south-east corner, the Marine Park surrounds reefs and shoals and is adjacent to Mermaid Reef Marine Park and the Western Australian Rowley Shoals Marine Park.

The Marine Park is approximately 270 kilometres north-west of Broome, Western Australia. It covers 146,003 square kilometres, with depths from 220 metres to 6,000 metres with an average depth of 3,765 meters. 

It has National Park, Multiple Use and Special Purpose (Trawl) zones.

Explore

Liveaboard expedition cruises transit this marine park en-route to world class dive and snorkelling locations in the pristine waters of the Mermaid Reef Marine Park and Western Australian Rowley Shoals Marine Park.

Find out more about these marine parks.

Publications

To access peer-reviewed scientific articles and publications about our marine parks, visit Scientific publications.

Select the park area on the map below to see what you can do in the Argo-Rowley Terrace Marine Park.