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Detailed explanation-1: -South of New Zealand and deep in the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean, the 1.9 million square-mile Ross Sea is sometimes called the “Last Ocean” because it is largely untouched by humans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The largest marine sanctuary is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument-larger than all of America’s national parks combined!

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States and 24 other countries have approved the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area (MPA) to date in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, safeguarding one of the last unspoiled ocean wilderness areas on the planet.

Detailed explanation-4: -On Friday, the isolated UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, which is home to the world’s most remote human settlement, declared the largest fully protected marine reserves in the Atlantic Ocean at 687, 000 square kilometres.