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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Man-made_structures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Man-made_structures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Man-made structures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Man-made_structures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corals%C7%A3_%C4%AAege_Landscipe" title="Coralsǣ Īege Landscipe – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Coralsǣ Īege Landscipe" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جزر بحر المرجان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر بحر المرجان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_d%27a_Mar_de_Coral" title="Islas d'a Mar de Coral – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Islas d'a Mar de Coral" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99rcan_d%C9%99nizi_adalar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_%C9%99razisi" title="Mərcan dənizi adalarının ərazisi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mərcan dənizi adalarının ərazisi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%9E_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Тэрыторыя астравоў Каралавага мора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тэрыторыя астравоў Каралавага мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%9E_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Тэрыторыя астравоў Каралавага мора – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Тэрыторыя астравоў Каралавага мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Коралови острови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коралови острови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrva_Koralnog_mora" title="Ostrva Koralnog mora – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ostrva Koralnog mora" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inizi_ar_Mor_Kouralek" title="Inizi ar Mor Kouralek – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inizi ar Mor Kouralek" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_del_Mar_del_Corall" title="Illes del Mar del Corall – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illes del Mar del Corall" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory" title="Coral Sea Islands Territory – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Coral Sea Islands Territory" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrovy_Kor%C3%A1lov%C3%A9ho_mo%C5%99e" title="Ostrovy Korálového moře – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ostrovy Korálového moře" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallenmeerinseln" title="Korallenmeerinseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Korallenmeerinseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallimere_saared" title="Korallimere saared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Korallimere saared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD" title="Νήσοι Θάλασσας των Κοραλλίων – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νήσοι Θάλασσας των Κοραλλίων" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_de_las_Islas_del_Mar_del_Coral" title="Territorio de las Islas del Mar del Coral – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Territorio de las Islas del Mar del Coral" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koralmaraj_Insuloj" title="Koralmaraj Insuloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Koralmaraj Insuloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koral_itsasoko_uharteak" title="Koral itsasoko uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Koral itsasoko uharteak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جزایر دریای مرجان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر دریای مرجان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_de_la_mer_de_Corail" title="Îles de la mer de Corail – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles de la mer de Corail" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koraalsee-eilannen" title="Koraalsee-eilannen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Koraalsee-eilannen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_do_Mar_do_Coral" title="Illas do Mar do Coral – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illas do Mar do Coral" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%B0%ED%98%B8%ED%95%B4_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="산호해 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="산호해 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84" title="Մարջանների ծովի կղզիների տարածք – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մարջանների ծովի կղզիների տարածք" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="कोरल सागर द्वीप समूह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोरल सागर द्वीप समूह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoci_Koraljnog_mora" title="Otoci Koraljnog mora – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Otoci Koraljnog mora" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Laut_Karang" title="Kepulauan Laut Karang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Laut Karang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulas_del_Mar_de_Corallo" title="Insulas del Mar de Corallo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Insulas del Mar de Corallo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_del_Mar_dei_Coralli" title="Isole del Mar dei Coralli – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole del Mar dei Coralli" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D" title="טריטוריית איי ים האלמוגים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טריטוריית איי ים האלמוגים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="მარჯნის ზღვის კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მარჯნის ზღვის კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%96%D2%A3_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B" title="Маржанды теңіздің аралдары аймағы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Маржанды теңіздің аралдары аймағы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D2%A3%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Коралл деңизи аралдары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Коралл деңизи аралдары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora%C4%BC%C4%BCu_J%C5%ABras_Salas" title="Koraļļu Jūras Salas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Koraļļu Jūras Salas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koral%C5%B3_j%C5%ABros_salos" title="Koralų jūros salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Koralų jūros salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korall-tengeri-szigetek" title="Korall-tengeri-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Korall-tengeri-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Коралноморски Острови – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Коралноморски Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%80_%E0%B4%90%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="കോറൽ സീ ഐലന്റ് ടെറിട്ടറി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കോറൽ സീ ഐലന്റ് ടെറിട്ടറി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="कोरल सागरी द्वीपसमूह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कोरल सागरी द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მარჯანიშ ზუღაშ კოკეფიშ ტერიტორია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მარჯანიშ ზუღაშ კოკეფიშ ტერიტორია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86" title="مرجانی دریای جزیره‌ئون – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مرجانی دریای جزیره‌ئون" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Laut_Karang" title="Kepulauan Laut Karang – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepulauan Laut Karang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Шүрэн Тэнгисийн Арлууд – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шүрэн Тэнгисийн Арлууд" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koraalzee-eilanden" title="Koraalzee-eilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Koraalzee-eilanden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="コーラル・シー諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コーラル・シー諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koralensia-Eilunen" title="Koralensia-Eilunen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Koralensia-Eilunen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallhav%C3%B8yene" title="Korallhavøyene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Korallhavøyene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallhav%C3%B8yene" title="Korallhavøyene – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Korallhavøyene" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallo_dengizi_orollari_hududi" title="Korallo dengizi orollari hududi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Korallo dengizi orollari hududi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82" title="ਕੋਰਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ ਟਾਪੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੋਰਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ ਟਾਪੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyspy_Morza_Koralowego" title="Wyspy Morza Koralowego – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wyspy Morza Koralowego" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_do_Mar_de_Coral" title="Ilhas do Mar de Coral – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas do Mar de Coral" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulele_M%C4%83rii_de_Coral" title="Insulele Mării de Coral – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Insulele Mării de Coral" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F" title="Территория островов Кораллового моря – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Территория островов Кораллового моря" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Coral Sea Islands" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrovy_Koralov%C3%A9ho_mora" title="Ostrovy Koralového mora – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ostrovy Koralového mora" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%95%D8%A7%DA%B5" title="دوورگەکانی دەریای کۆڕاڵ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دوورگەکانی دەریای کۆڕاڵ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Острва Коралног мора – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Острва Коралног мора" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoci_Koraljnog_mora" title="Otoci Koraljnog mora – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Otoci Koraljnog mora" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuloan_Laut_Karang" title="Kapuloan Laut Karang – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Kapuloan Laut Karang" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallimeren_saarten_territorio" title="Korallimeren saarten territorio – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Korallimeren saarten territorio" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korallhavs%C3%B6arna" title="Korallhavsöarna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Korallhavsöarna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="பவளக் கடல் தீவுகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பவளக் கடல் தீவுகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5" title="หมู่เกาะคอรัลซี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หมู่เกาะคอรัลซี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Denizi_Adalar%C4%B1" title="Mercan Denizi Adaları – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mercan Denizi Adaları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F" title="Острови Коралового моря – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Острови Коралового моря" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1" title="کورل سمندری جزائر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کورل سمندری جزائر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/260px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/390px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/520px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Australia" title="Flag of Australia">Flag of Australia</a>, used for the Coral Sea Islands<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg/260px-Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg/390px-Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg/520px-Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory_in_its_region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1973" data-file-height="1110" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cato_Reef#Cato_Island" title="Cato Reef">Cato Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willis_Island" title="Willis Island">Willis Island</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">4<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2018)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Coral Sea Islands Territory</b> is an <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia#External_territories" title="States and territories of Australia">external territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a>, north-east of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia. The only inhabited island is <a href="/wiki/Willis_Island" title="Willis Island">Willis Island</a>. The territory covers 780,000 km<sup>2</sup> (301,160 sq mi), most of which is ocean, extending east and south from the outer edge of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> and includes Heralds Beacon Island, <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Reef" title="Osprey Reef">Osprey Reef</a>, the Willis Group and fifteen other reef/island groups. <a href="/wiki/Cato_Reef#Cato_Island" title="Cato Reef">Cato Island</a> is the highest point in the Territory.<sup id="cite_ref-Geosci_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geosci-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coral_Garden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coral_Garden.jpg/220px-Coral_Garden.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coral_Garden.jpg/330px-Coral_Garden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coral_Garden.jpg/440px-Coral_Garden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Acropora coral garden with giant clam. Raging Horn, Coral Sea Islands</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_status">History and status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coral_Sea_Islands.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coral_Sea_Islands.png/220px-Coral_Sea_Islands.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Coral_Sea_Islands.png 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Coral Sea Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>The Coral Sea Islands were first charted in 1803. In the 1870s and 1880s the islands were mined for <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> but the absence of a reliable supply of fresh water prevented long-term habitation.<sup id="cite_ref-Geosci_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geosci-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coral Sea Islands became an Australian external territory in 1969 by the <i>Coral Sea Islands Act</i> and extended in 1997 to include <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Reef" title="Elizabeth Reef">Elizabeth Reef</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middleton_Reef" title="Middleton Reef">Middleton Reef</a> nearly 800 km further south. </p><p>The two latter reefs are much closer to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, (about 150 km (93 mi)) than to the southernmost island of the rest of the territory, Cato Island. The islands, cays and reefs of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> 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. </p><p>The territory is a possession or external territory of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, administered from <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>. Previously it was administered by the <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General%27s_Department_(Australia)" title="Attorney-General's Department (Australia)">Attorney-General's Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-AussieAG_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AussieAG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Infrastructure,_Transport,_Regional_Development_and_Local_Government_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)">Department of Transport and Regional Services</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOTARS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOTARS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only external territory not created by transfer from the United Kingdom or by the mandate of the United Nations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defence is the responsibility of Australia, and the territory is visited regularly by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>. </p><p>Australia maintains automatic weather stations on many of the isles and reefs, and claims a 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Willis_Island_(Coral_Sea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willis Island (Coral Sea)">Willis Island</a> (South Islet), established in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Norfolk_Island" title="Supreme Court of Norfolk Island">Supreme Court of Norfolk Island</a> has jurisdiction over the islands;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the laws of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> apply.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The territory's <a href="/wiki/FIPS_10-4" title="FIPS 10-4">FIPS 10-4</a> code is CR, whereas <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166</a> includes it in Australia (AU). </p><p>In June 2004, a symbolic political protest run by gay rights activists based in Australia, <a href="/wiki/Gay_and_Lesbian_Kingdom_of_the_Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands">declared the Coral Sea Islands to be a sovereign micronation</a>. On 17 November 2017 the same group declared the kingdom to be 'dissolved', following the results of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Marriage_Law_Postal_Survey" title="Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey">Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-defacto_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defacto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are about 30 separate <a href="/wiki/Reef" title="Reef">reefs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a>, twelve being wholly submerged or drying only during low tide, and 18 others with a total of about 51 islets and <a href="/wiki/Cay" title="Cay">cays</a> (18 alone on the atoll <a href="/wiki/Lihou_Reef_National_Nature_Reserve" title="Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve">Lihou Reef</a>), 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 <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a>): <b>Lihou Reef</b>, 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. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Willis_Islets" class="mw-redirect" title="Willis Islets">Willis Islets</a> 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. </p><p>Most of the atolls fall into two groups, while <b>Mellish Reef</b> to the east, and <b>Middleton Reef</b> and <b>Elizabeth Reef</b> to the south are grouped separately: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northwestern_Group">Northwestern Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Northwestern Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Osprey_Reef" title="Osprey Reef">Osprey Reef</a> (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)</li> <li>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))</li> <li>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)</li> <li>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)</li> <li>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 cays)</li> <li>Flora Reef (small submerged atoll, 5 by 4 km, about 12 square kilometres (4.6 square miles))</li> <li>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 high)</li> <li>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)</li> <li>South Moore Reef (small submerged reef 5 km South of North Moore Reef)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Island_(Coral_Sea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willis Island (Coral Sea)">Willis Islets</a> (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)</li> <li>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 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<sup>2</sup>), and Chilcott Islet (area 0.163 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Herald Cays, Northeast Cay (encircled by a reef of 3 by 3 km, total area 6 km<sup>2</sup>, land area 0.34 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Herald Cays, Southwest Cay (4 km Southwest of Northeast Cay, encircled by a reef of 2 by 2 km, total area 3 km<sup>2</sup>, land area 0.188 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Lihou Reef and Cays (largest atoll in the coral sea, with a size of 2500 km<sup>2</sup>, land area 0.91 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Diamond Islets & Tregosse Reefs (large, partially sunken atoll, 100 by 52 km, area of the bank over 3000 km<sup>2</sup>, 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 atoll, and South Diamond Islet, East Tregosse Reef and West Tregosse Reef on the Southern rim)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Reef_(Coral_Sea)" title="Flinders Reef (Coral Sea)">North Flinders Reef</a> (large atoll, 34 by 23 km, area 600 km<sup>2</sup>, with 2 islets, Flinders Cay being the larger one with a length of 200 m and a height of 3 m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Reef_(Coral_Sea)" title="Flinders Reef (Coral Sea)">South Flinders Reef</a> (atoll, 15 by 5 km, 60 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Herald's Surprise (small submerged reef North of Flinders Reefs, 3 by 2 km)</li> <li>Dart Reef (small submerged reef Northwest of Flinders Reefs, 3 by 3 km, area 6 km<sup>2</sup> including small lagoon that is open to the North)</li> <li>Malay Reef (small submerged reef, not clearly defined, no breakers, difficult to see)</li> <li>Abington Reef (submerged reef, nearly awash, 4 by 2.5 km, area 7 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>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 <b>Marion Plateau</b> which is separated from the larger Coral Sea Plateau to the north by the <b>Townsville Trough</b>. Three small sand cays are located on the eastern side of Marion Reef: Paget Cay, on Long Reef, Carola Cay, south of Long Reef, and Brodie Cay, on Wansfell Reef.)</li></ol> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg/220px-Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg/330px-Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg/440px-Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>A pair of Grey Reef Sharks (<i>Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos</i>) and divers in blue water. North Horn, Coral Sea Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>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 <b>Coral Sea Plateau</b> (Queensland Plateau), a contiguous area of depths less than 1000 m. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Reef_(Coral_Sea)" title="Flinders Reef (Coral Sea)">Flinders Reefs</a></b> (North and South), <b>Herald's Surprise</b> and <b>Dart Reef</b> form a cluster of reefs of 66 by 26 km.</li> <li><b>Magdelaine Cays</b>, <b>Coringa Islets</b> and <b>Herald Cays</b> are part of the 8856 km<sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Coringa-Herald_National_Nature_Reserve" title="Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve">Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve</a>, created on 16 August 1982 and located around 400 km east of <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a> and 220 to 320 km from the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef. The 6 islets of the nature reserve have areas from 0.16 to 0.37 km<sup>2</sup>, for a total of 1.24 km<sup>2</sup>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lihou_Reef_National_Nature_Reserve" title="Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve">Lihou Reef</a></b> was declared a Nature Reserve on 16 August 1982, with an area of 8440 km<sup>2</sup>.</li></ul> <p>The Nature Reserves were created to protect wildlife in the respective areas of the territory; together they form the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Reserves_Ramsar_Site" title="Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site">Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mellish_Reef">Mellish Reef</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mellish Reef"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg/220px-Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg/330px-Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg/440px-Beacon_erected_on_Mellish_Cay_by_H.M.S_Herald_1859.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3598" data-file-height="3162" /></a><figcaption>Beacon erected on Mellish Reef in the Coral Sea in 1859</figcaption></figure> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Mellish_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Mellish Reef">Mellish Reef</a>, being about 300 km to the east of the <b>Northwestern Group</b>, 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<sup>2</sup>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reef was discovered and named by Captain Alexander Bristow in the <a href="/wiki/Whaling_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Whaling ship">whaling ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Thames_(1805_ship)" title="Thames (1805 ship)"><i>Thames</i></a> on 5 April 1812. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=French_aviso_Duroc_(852)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French aviso Duroc (852) (page does not exist)">French aviso <i>Duroc</i></a> wrecked on the reef on 16 August 1856. <a href="/wiki/HMS_Herald_(1824)" title="HMS Herald (1824)">HMS <i>Herald</i></a> erected the first beacon on the cay, using wreckage from <i>Duroc</i>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southeasterly_Group">Southeasterly Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Southeasterly Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Reefs" title="Frederick Reefs">Frederick Reefs</a>: 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<sup>2</sup>. 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.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenn_Reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenn Reefs">Kenn Reefs</a>, submerged atoll of about 15 by 8 km, area 40 km<sup>2</sup>, islet Observatory Cay in the Southeast, 2 m high</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saumarez_Reefs" title="Saumarez Reefs">Saumarez Reefs</a>, 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<sup>2</sup>. There are two sand cays: North East Cay and South West Cay.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wreck_Reefs" title="Wreck Reefs">Wreck Reefs</a>: atoll 25 by 5 km, area 75 km<sup>2</sup>, open on the North. Islets found on the reefs include Bird Islet, West Islet and Porpoise Cay.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cato_Reef" title="Cato Reef">Cato Reef</a>: Cato bank 21 by 13 km, area 200 km<sup>2</sup> of depths less than 17 m; Cato Reef encircles an area of 3.3 by 1.8 km, area 5 km<sup>2</sup> including lagoon; Cato Island, in the West of the lagoon, 650 by 300 m, area 0.15 km<sup>2</sup>, 6 m high. Close to the Southeast corner of Cato bank is Hutchison Rock, with 1 m depth over. <b>Cato Island</b> is the highest point in the Territory.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extreme_South">Extreme South</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Extreme South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Reef" title="Elizabeth Reef">Elizabeth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middleton_Reef" title="Middleton Reef">Middleton</a> reefs, together with reefs around <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>) 150 km to the south, are regarded as the southernmost coral reefs in the world. Their location, where tropical and temperate ocean currents meet, contributes to an unusually diverse assemblage of marine species. These mostly submerged atolls which dry only during low tide were added to the territory only in 1989. They are located on the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Rise" title="Lord Howe Rise">Lord Howe Rise</a>. Already on 23 December 1987, they were protected as the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_and_Middleton_Reefs_Marine_National_Park_Reserve" title="Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve">Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve</a>, which has an area of 1,880 km<sup>2</sup>. </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Reef" title="Elizabeth Reef">Elizabeth Reef</a>, atoll about 8.2 km by 5.5 km, area 51 km<sup>2</sup> including lagoon, one islet: Elizabeth Island (Elizabeth Cay), no vegetation, 600 m by 400 m (area 0.2 km<sup>2</sup>), highest point 0.8 m. At low tides, much of the reef flat is exposed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton_Reef" title="Middleton Reef">Middleton Reef</a>, atoll about 8.9 km by 6.3 km, area 37 km<sup>2</sup> including lagoon, one islet: The Sound, 100 m by 70 m (area 5,000 m<sup>2</sup>), highest point 1.5 m (close to the northern end). At low tides, much of the reef flat is exposed.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview_of_islets_and_cays">Overview of islets and cays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Overview of islets and cays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Complex</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Islets/cays</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Holmes_Reef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Holmes Reef (page does not exist)">West Holmes Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">2</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diane Bank (page does not exist)">Diane Bank</a></td> <td>Atoll (mostly sunken)</td> <td align="right">Diane Bank Cay</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Group_(atoll)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willis Group (atoll) (page does not exist)">Willis Group</a></td> <td>Atoll (partially sunken)</td> <td align="right">South Islet (<a href="/wiki/Willis_Island" title="Willis Island">Willis Island</a>), Mid Islet, North Cay</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magdelaine_Cays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magdelaine Cays (page does not exist)">Magdelaine Cays</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coringa_Islets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coringa Islets (page does not exist)">Coringa Islets</a></td> <td>Atoll (partially sunken)</td> <td align="right">Northwest Islet, Southeast Cay, Southwest, Chilcott Islets</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herald_Cays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herald Cays (page does not exist)">Herald Cays</a> (North)</td> <td>Reef</td> <td align="right">Northwest Cay</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herald_Cays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herald Cays (page does not exist)">Herald Cays</a> (South)</td> <td>Reef</td> <td align="right">Southeast Cay</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Lihou_Reef_National_Nature_Reserve" title="Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve">Lihou Reef and Cays</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">18</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diamond_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diamond Islands (page does not exist)">Diamond Islands</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tregosse_Reefs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tregosse Reefs (page does not exist)">Tregosse Reefs</a></td> <td>Atoll (partially sunken)</td> <td align="right">West Diamond, Central Diamond, East Diamond, Southwest Diamond Islets</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Flinders Reefs">Flinders Reefs</a> (North)</td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">Flinders, Main, Victoria Cays</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marion_Reef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marion Reef (page does not exist)">Marion Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">Paget, Carola, Brodie Cays</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Mellish_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Mellish Reef">Mellish Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heralds-Beacon_Isle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heralds-Beacon Isle (page does not exist)">Heralds-Beacon Islet</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Reefs" title="Frederick Reefs">Frederick Reefs</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Observatory_Cay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Observatory Cay (page does not exist)">Observatory Cay</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Kenn_Reef" title="Kenn Reef">Kenn Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Observatory_Cay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Observatory Cay (page does not exist)">Observatory Cay</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Saumarez_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Saumarez Reef">Saumarez Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">Northeast, Southwest Cays</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Wreck_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Wreck Reef">Wreck Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">Bird, West Islets, Porpoise Cay</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Cato_Reef" title="Cato Reef">Cato Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Cato_Reef#Cato_Island" title="Cato Reef">Cato Island</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Middleton_Reef" title="Middleton Reef">Middleton Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">The Sound</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Reef" title="Elizabeth Reef">Elizabeth Reef</a></td> <td>Atoll</td> <td align="right">Elizabeth Island</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><i>Total number of islands/cays</i></td> <td align="right">51</td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG/220px-Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG/330px-Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG/440px-Bicolor_parrotfish.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A male Bicolor Parrotfish is at home on North Horn, Osprey Reef</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Man-made_structures">Man-made structures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coral_Sea_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Man-made structures"><span>edit</span></a><span 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