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Detailed explanation-1: -A remote and largely pristine stretch of ocean off Antarctica received international protection on Friday, becoming the world’s largest marine reserve as a broad coalition of countries came together to protect 598, 000 square miles of water.

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 Ross Sea Region MPA The 2.06-million-square-kilometer marine reserve, which covers an area larger than Mexico and includes the area under the Ross Ice Shelf, is the world’s largest marine protected area (MPA).

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -28 October 2016: Delegates from 24 nations and the European Union (EU) voted unanimously to declare Antarctica’s Ross Sea a Marine Protected Area (MPA) at the 35th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).