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The Coral Sea Islands Territory is an external territory of Australia which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, north-east of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is Willis Island.
Coral Sea Islands, group of islands situated east of Queensland, Austl., in the South Pacific Ocean; they constitute an external territory of Australia. Spread over a vast sea area of about 300,000 square miles (780,000 square km) off the outer (eastern) edge of the Great Barrier Reef, the islands
Coral Sea Islands. Australia and Oceania. Page last updated: October 18, 2024. Photos of Coral Sea Islands. view 1 photos. Introduction. Background. The widely scattered Coral Sea Islands were first charted in 1803, but they were too small to host permanent human habitation.
Coral Sea Islands. Australia and Oceania. Page last updated: November 14, 2023. Photos of Coral Sea Islands. view 1 photos. Introduction. Background. The widely scattered islands were first charted in 1803, but they were too small to host any permanent human habitation.
The Coral Sea Islands is a federal territory off the northeast coast of Australia, just east of the Great Barrier Reef. They were separated from Queensland in 1969.
Covering a vast area of 4,791,000 sq. km, the Coral Sea is a tropical marginal sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean that is located off the northeastern coast of Australia. The sea contains many islands and reefs including the Great Barrier Reef which is considered the world’s largest coral reef system.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, [1] [2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs [3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).
The Coral Sea Islands Territory is made up of many small islands spread over an extensive geographic area extending east and south from the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and including Heralds Beacon Island, Osprey Reef, the Willis Group and 15 other reef/island groups.
Coral island, tropical island built of organic material derived from skeletons of corals and numerous other animals and plants associated with corals. Coral islands consist of low land perhaps only a few metres above sea level, generally with coconut palms and surrounded by white coral sand.
The Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) has a diverse array of habitats, such as coral reefs, sandy cays, deep sea plains and canyons. Far beyond the Great Barrier Reef, this marine park protects: 16 different seafloor environments (including seamounts, canyons and plains)