511:, thus the most distant from the Australian continent of all the reefs and atolls of the Coral Sea Islands Territory, is not considered to be part of any group. It has the outline of a boomerang-shaped platform around 10 km in length and 3 km across, area 25 km. The surrounding reefs, which enclose a narrow lagoon, are completely submerged at high tide. Near the centre of the lagoon is the only permanent land of the reef - Heralds-Beacon Islet. The island is a small cay measuring 600 m by 120 m, area 57,000 m2, only rising a few ms above the high-water mark. The reef was discovered and named by Captain Alexander Bristow in the
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551:: The reefs form a semi-enclosed lagoon, known as Anchorage Sound, with an opening on the North side. The complex measures about 10 by 4 km, with an area of 30 km. On the southern side of the reef lies Observatory Cay, the only permanently dry land, although there are a few of others cays that can be awash at high tide.
575:: Cato bank 21 by 13 km, area 200 km of depths less than 17 m; Cato Reef encircles an area of 3.3 by 1.8 km, area 5 km including lagoon; Cato Island, in the West of the lagoon, 650 by 300 m, area 0.15 km, 6 m high. Close to the Southeast corner of Cato bank is Hutchison Rock, with 1 m depth over.
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Magdelaine Cays & Coringa Islets (one large, partially sunken atoll structure, almost 90 by 30 km, bank area about 1,500 square kilometres (580 square miles)), 2 islets of the
Magdelaine Cays in the North: North West Islet (area approximately 0.2 square kilometres (0.1 square miles)) and
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Diamond Islets & Tregosse Reefs (large, partially sunken atoll, 100 by 52 km, area of the bank over 3000 km, with 4 islets and 2 small submerged reefs in the
Northeast and Southeast: West Diamond Islet, Central Diamond Islet, East Diamond Islet on the Northeastern rim of the former
563:, southernmost reefs to be located on the Coral Sea Shelf; three main reefs and numerous smaller reefs that form a large crescent-shaped formation open to the northwest, about 27 by 14 km, area less than 300 km. There are two sand cays: North East Cay and South West Cay.
292:, with a lagoon size of 100 by 30 kilometres (62 by 19 miles) and an area of 2,500 square kilometres (970 square miles), which compares to a combined land area of the 18 individual islets of only 0.91 square kilometres (0.35 square miles). The islands are all very low.
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Marion Reef (Large circular atoll formation that is composed of three main units located on the
Eastern side: Marion, Long and Wansfell; and a number of smaller reefs on the west. The formation sits atop a submarine feature known as the
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West Holmes Reef (submerged atoll 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) east of East Holmes Reef, about 18 by 7 kilometres (11.2 by 4.3 miles), area 125 square kilometres (48 square miles) with lagoon that is open on the West side, two small
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South East Cay (area 0.37 square kilometres (0.14 square miles)); 2 islets of the
Coringa Islets 50 to 60 km further Southwest: Southwest Islet or Coringa Islet (area 0.173 km), and Chilcott Islet (area 0.163 km)
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are important nesting areas for birds and turtles but contain negligible natural resources. They comprise less than three square kilometres (1.2 square miles) of land. There is no port or harbour, only offshore anchorage.
618:, atoll about 8.2 km by 5.5 km, area 51 km including lagoon, one islet: Elizabeth Island (Elizabeth Cay), no vegetation, 600 m by 400 m (area 0.2 km), highest point 0.8 m. At low tides, much of the reef flat is exposed.
214:. It is the only external territory not created by transfer from the United Kingdom or by the mandate of the United Nations. Defence is the responsibility of Australia, and the territory is visited regularly by the
359:(sunken atoll, bank 45 by 19 km, bank area more than 500 square kilometres (190 square miles), 3 islets on the Northwestern side: North Cay, Mid Islet almost 8 m high, South Islet or Willis Island 10 m high)
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The
Federal Government, through the Attorney-General's Department administers Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Coral Sea Islands, Jervis Bay, and Norfolk Island as
624:, atoll about 8.9 km by 6.3 km, area 37 km including lagoon, one islet: The Sound, 100 m by 70 m (area 5,000 m), highest point 1.5 m (close to the northern end). At low tides, much of the reef flat is exposed.
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Machinery of Government Changes following the Federal Election on 29 November 2007, administrative responsibility for Territories has been transferred to the Attorney General's Department.
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Diane Bank (sunken atoll, depths of less than 10 m over an area of 65 by 25 km, or 1,300 square kilometres (500 square miles), along the northern edge 3 m deep, with Sand Cay in the
Northwest, 3 m
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zone. There is no economic activity (except for a significant but as yet unquantified charter fishing and diving industry), and only a staff of three or four people to run the meteorological station on
230:(South Islet), established in 1921. In November 2011, the Australian government announced that a 989,842-square-kilometre (382,180 sq mi) protected area was planned in the Coral Sea.
327:(submerged atoll roughly oval in shape, measuring 25 by 12 kilometres (15.5 by 7.5 miles), covering around 195 square kilometres (75 square miles), with lagoon up to 30 metres (98 feet) deep)
284:), some of which are vegetated. The atolls exhibit a wide range of size, from a few kilometres in diameter to perhaps the second largest atoll in the world by total area (including
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are not part of the territory, belonging to
Queensland instead. The outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef is the boundary between Queensland and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.
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Barrier Reef. The 6 islets of the nature reserve have areas from 0.16 to 0.37 km, for a total of 1.24 km.
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but the absence of a reliable supply of fresh water prevented long-term habitation. The Coral Sea
Islands became an Australian external territory in 1969 by the
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Bougainville Reef (small submerged atoll, 2.5 by 4 kilometres (1.6 by 2.5 miles), area 8 square kilometres (3.1 square miles) with lagoon, dries at half tide)
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North Moore Reef (small submerged atoll, 4 by 3 km, area 8 square kilometres (3.1 square miles) including lagoon that is open on the Northwest side)
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382:(large atoll, 34 by 23 km, area 600 km, with 2 islets, Flinders Cay being the larger one with a length of 200 m and a height of 3 m)
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Dart Reef (small submerged reef Northwest of Flinders Reefs, 3 by 3 km, area 6 km including small lagoon that is open to the North)
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East Holmes Reef (submerged atoll, about 14 by 10 kilometres (8.7 by 6.2 miles), area 125 square kilometres (48 square miles) with lagoon)
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Shark Reef (small elongated submerged reef 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south of Osprey Reef, with a minimum depth of 7.8 metres (25.6 feet))
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The atolls of the Northwestern Group, except Osprey Reef and Shark Reef in the north, and Marion Reef in the south, are located on the
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Australia maintains automatic weather stations on many of the isles and reefs, and claims a 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive
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Coral Sea Islands History and the list of other Australia territories (Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department)
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The Nature Reserves were created to protect wildlife in the respective areas of the territory; together they form the
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Lihou Reef and Cays (largest atoll in the coral sea, with a size of 2500 km, land area 0.91 km)
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The Coral Sea Islands were first charted in 1803. In the 1870s and 1880s the islands were mined for
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Flora Reef (small submerged atoll, 5 by 4 km, about 12 square kilometres (4.6 square miles))
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atoll, and South Diamond Islet, East Tregosse Reef and West Tregosse Reef on the Southern rim)
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In June 2004, a symbolic political protest run by gay rights activists based in Australia,
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which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the
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Malay Reef (small submerged reef, not clearly defined, no breakers, difficult to see)
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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
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Automatic, unmanned weather stations are located on the following reefs or atolls:
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was declared a Nature Reserve on 16 August 1982, with an area of 8440 km.
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Abington Reef (submerged reef, nearly awash, 4 by 2.5 km, area 7 km)
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which is separated from the larger Coral Sea Plateau to the north by the
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West Diamond, Central Diamond, East Diamond, Southwest Diamond Islets
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Acropora coral garden with giant clam. Raging Horn, Coral Sea Islands
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First Assistant Secretary, Territories Division (30 January 2008).
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A male Bicolor Parrotfish is at home on North Horn, Osprey Reef
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declared the Coral Sea Islands to be a sovereign micronation
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has jurisdiction over the islands; however, the laws of the
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Northwest Islet, Southeast Cay, Southwest, Chilcott Islets
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Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve
607:. Already on 23 December 1987, they were protected as the
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erected the first beacon on the cay, using wreckage from
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Lighthouses are located on following reefs or islands:
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Beacon erected on Mellish Reef in the Coral Sea in 1859
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The territory is a possession or external territory of
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Application of Laws Ordinance 1973 (Coral Sea Islands)
2431:) Co-mandate with New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
1266:(Cth) s 8 Courts having jurisdiction in the Territory
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1235:"Australia plans huge marine reserve in Coral Sea"
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1338:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
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1056:Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands
1101:. Attorney-General's Department. Archived from
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1763:The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
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982:Willis Island § Current infrastructure
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1994:Environmental issues with coral reefs
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258:Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
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140:and includes Heralds Beacon Island,
2186:States and territories of Australia
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938:Flinders Reef (Flinders Coral Cay)
595:reefs, together with reefs around
180:nearly 800 km further south.
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2409:) Sovereignty recognised only by
2332:Heard Island and McDonald Islands
1529:Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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2496:Dependent territories in Oceania
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2037:International Coral Reef Society
1877:Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
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858:Bird, West Islets, Porpoise Cay
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249:includes it in Australia (AU).
235:Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
16:External territory of Australia
2506:1969 establishments in Oceania
2321:Australian Antarctic Territory
1509:Australian Antarctic Territory
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1293:"Coral Sea Islands – De Facto"
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485:Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site
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1897:Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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774:Flinders, Main, Victoria Cays
463:are part of the 8856 km
208:Attorney-General's Department
2268:Australian Capital Territory
1474:Australian Capital Territory
1051:List of islands of Australia
905:Total number of islands/cays
420:A pair of Grey Reef Sharks (
268:There are about 30 separate
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239:Australian Capital Territory
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1922:Southeast Asian coral reefs
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1882:New Caledonia barrier reef
1262:Coral Sea Islands Act 1969
1130:"Territories of Australia"
1099:"Territories of Australia"
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678:Atoll (partially sunken)
2387:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1519:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
685:), Mid Islet, North Cay
280:(18 alone on the atoll
241:apply. The territory's
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2004:Coral reef restoration
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1757:Census of Coral Reefs
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170:Coral Sea Islands Act
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2462:-19.09083; 150.90167
2363:Papua and New Guinea
2273:Jervis Bay Territory
2109:Aquaculture of coral
1892:Non-tropical regions
1495:External territories
1479:Jervis Bay Territory
1465:Mainland territories
1413:History of Australia
801:Heralds-Beacon Islet
245:code is CR, whereas
202:, administered from
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2027:Coral Reef Alliance
1917:Solomon Archipelago
1822:Belize Barrier Reef
1797:African coral reefs
1173:"Coral Sea Islands"
1136:on 16 December 2007
924:Man-made structures
736:Lihou Reef and Cays
543:Southeasterly Group
441:(North and South),
386:South Flinders Reef
380:North Flinders Reef
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2278:Northern Territory
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1973:White band disease
1958:Black band disease
1927:Tuvalu Archipelago
1907:Raja Ampat Islands
1847:Great Barrier Reef
1484:Northern Territory
1297:defactoborders.org
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1105:on 6 February 2008
964:East Diamond Islet
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522:French aviso
509:Northwestern Group
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319:Northwestern Group
193:Great Barrier Reef
160:History and status
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118:external territory
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430:Coral Sea Plateau
410:Townsville Trough
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