This was reinforced by a re-notification of the State Government on 10, September, 1986 as Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park. All these 21 islands have been notified as reserve lands under section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882. The islands lie at an average distance of 8 Km from the main land. The km stretch between Tuticorin and Rampswaram These islands are located between the latitudes 8" 47' Nand 9° 15' Nand longitudes 78" 12'E and 79" 14' E. The whole eastern side of the state is protected by 1000 km of sea coast, which has all major types of habitats and major ecosystems such as pelagic and benthic, estuarine, seaweed and sea grass, mangrove and coral reef ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar Islands, peculiar to the State of Tamil Nadu. Though most of the ecosystem types are represented in Tamil Nadu as found in other States, yet much of the thorn forests and scrublands of India are confined to Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is situated on the f'Qutheastern part of the Indian peninsula and it has a conglomeration of different types of ecosystems rather than a particular type as in some other states of India.
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