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Coral Sea

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Area
4.79M km²
Coordinates
-18.0000, 154.0000
Category
oceans

Overview

Home to the Great Barrier Reef - the world's largest coral reef system.

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The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) down the Australian north-east coast to latitude 30° south. Most of it is protected by the French Natural Park of the Coral Sea and the Australian Coral Sea Marine Park.

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