Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area

Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in the Ross Sea off Antarctica. It was declared on 28 October 2016 by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, under an agreement signed by 24 countries and the European Union, protecting more than 1.5 million square kilometers of sea and becoming, at the time of its declaration, the largest protected area in the world. Its own IUCN protected area category is not stated in the source consulted; it is classified here as a Habitat and Species Management Area on general classification knowledge as a disclosed low-confidence closest fit.