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  2. Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia

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    The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. [citation needed] [clarification needed] The first European to sight the Great Barrier Reef was James Cook in 1770, who sailed and mapped the east coast of ...

  3. Belgian Scientific Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Belgian Scientific Expedition was a scientific survey of the Great Barrier Reef, conducted in 1967–1968.. The Belgian Scientific Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef was a seven month expedition beginning in 1967, sponsored by the University of Liege, Belgium, the Belgium Ministry of Education and the National Foundation for Scientific Research.

  4. Lady Elliot Island - Wikipedia

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    An image of the island and nearby coral reefs taken with the Seaview SVII camera. Lady Elliot Island is the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.The island lies 46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi) north-east of Bundaberg and covers an area of approximately 45 hectares (110 acres).

  5. Great Barrier - Wikipedia

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    Great Barrier Reef, in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia; Gilf Kebir, Arabic for "the Great Barrier," a plateau in the New Valley Governorate of the remote southwest corner of Egypt; Great Ice Barrier, a later 19th–early 20th century name for the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

  6. ‘Staggering’ environmental impact on Great Barrier Reef ...

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    The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), which is responsible for managing the park, does not consider grey water or exhaust cleaning by-products to be waste under the existing ...

  7. HMS Endeavour - Wikipedia

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    The ship remained in very poor condition following her grounding on the Great Barrier Reef in June. The ship's carpenter, John Seetterly, observed that she was "very leaky – makes from twelve to six inches an hour, occasioned by her main keel being wounded in many places, false keel gone from beyond the midships.

  8. Great Barrier Reef Has Highest Growth Of Coral In 36 Years - AOL

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    The Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of repair. The reef has been suffering from a large amount of ocean bleaching due to the rise in ocean temperatures. Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef ...

  9. List of largest protected areas - Wikipedia

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    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Australia: Great Barrier Reef: 348,700 1981 [27] 23 Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area United States: Western Atlantic Ocean: 336,101 1997 [28] 24 Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area Canada: Ellesmere Island: 319,411 2019 [29] 25 Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park Chile: Desventuradas Islands: 300,035 2016 [30] [31] 26