where in australia is the great barrier reef located
Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system[2][3] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[4] 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).[5][6] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Hydrophis belcheri Indian Ocean (Philippines: Visayan area, Panay; New Guinea), Gulf of Thailand, Australia (North Territory?, Queensland?), Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000]. Especially around the Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea off northwest Australia. Also New Caledonia
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef The film was shot on location in Key West and Tarpon Springs, Florida.[5]
Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is a distinct feature of the East Australian Cordillera division. It includes the smaller Murray Islands.[17] It reaches from Torres Strait (between Bramble Cay, its northernmost island, and the south coast of Papua New Guinea) in the north to the unnamed passage between Lady Elliot Island (its southernmost island) and Fraser Island in the south. Lady Elliot Island is located 1,915 km (1,190 mi) southeast of Bramble Cay as the crow flies.[18]
Great Barrier Reef In 1996, most of the tourism in the region was domestically generated and the most popular visiting times were during the Australian winter. At this time, it was estimated that tourists to the Great Barrier Reef contributed A$776 million per annum.[102] As the largest commercial activity in the region, it was estimated in 2003 that tourism generated over A$4 billion annually,[103] and the 2005 estimate increased to A$5.1 billion.[101] A Deloitte report published by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in March 2013 states that the Reef's 2,000 kilometres of coastline attracts tourism worth A$6.4 billion annually and employs more than 64,000 people.[104]
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