{{Short description|Marine park in Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Encounter Marine Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = | iucn_ref = | coordinates = {{Coord|35.69603|S|138.14082|E |display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Encounter Marine Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = | area_ha = | area_km2 = | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Delamere, South Australia|Delamere]] | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department of Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department of Environment and Water]] | website = {{official|https://www.marineparks.sa.gov.au/find-a-park/fleurieu-peninsula/encounter}} }} '''Encounter Marine Park''' is a marine park in [[South Australia]]. It is in the [[Fleurieu Peninsula]] in state of [[South Australia]], close to Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marine Parks {{!}} Encounter|url=https://www.marineparks.sa.gov.au/find-a-park/fleurieu-peninsula/encounter|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Marine Parks|language=en}}</ref>
The land around Encounter Marine Park is mostly hilly, but its immediate surroundings are different. The nearest reasonably sized town is [[Delamere, South Australia|Delamere]], 13.1 km north. In the region around Encounter Marine Park, coves, and bays are very common. The climate of the marine park is cool with an average temperature of 17 °C. The warmest month is December, at 24 °C, and the coldest July, at 6 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|access-date=30 January 2016|publisher=NASA|archive-date=6 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035941/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The average rainfall is 863 millimetres per year. The wettest month is June, with 172 millimetres of rain, and the driest January, with 24 mm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|access-date=30 January 2016|publisher=NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The park is popular for whale watching<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marine Parks {{!}} Whale watching|url=https://www.marineparks.sa.gov.au/enjoy/whale-watching|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Marine Parks|language=en}}</ref> and also home to the site of the [[HMAS Hobart (D 39)|HMAS Hobart]] shipwreck, which is now a diving spot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marine Parks {{!}} Diving the HMAS Hobart|url=https://www.marineparks.sa.gov.au/enjoy/diving/diving-the-hmas-hobart|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Marine Parks|language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} {{Marine protected areas of South Australia|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Marine parks of South Australia]]
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