Great Barrier Reef

World Heritage

Australia

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The Great Barrier Reef is a diverse and beautiful place located off the northeastern coast of Australia. It is the world's largest coral reef, with 400 species of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 species of molluscs. It is also of great scientific importance as it is home to endangered species such as the dugong ("sea cow") and the giant green turtle.

Moore Reef

Crown-of-thorns starfish

A green sea turtle on the Great Barrier Reef

Heron Island, a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef

Sea temperature and bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

A variety of colourful corals on Flynn Reef near Cairns

Satellite image of part of the Great Barrier Reef adjacent to the Queensland coastal areas of Airlie...

Aerial view of Arlington Reef

A striped surgeonfish amongst the coral on Flynn Reef

Aerial photography

The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from aircraft flying over it

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Information extracted from Wikidata

IPA transcription	1877091
number of rooms	viaf-133154103
geoshape	GreatBarrierReef
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0jbxl
Commons category	Great Barrier Reef
coordinate location	Point(148.587 -19.266)
official website	http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
topic's main category	English Gothic architecture
Commons gallery	Great Barrier Reef
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flynn%20Reef%20banner.jpg
start time	2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
area	34870000
area	34893402.8830109
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
uses	4072111-5
country	Wet Tropics of Queensland - Component around Edmund Kennedy
located in the administrative territorial entity	Category:Þingvellir
ISNI	0000 0001 0662 4816
executive body	Great Barrier Reef
location of creation	Great Barrier Reef

described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Barrier Reef, The Great
start time	1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Great Barrier Reef
official name	حاجز الشعب المرجانية الكبير
official name	La Gran Barrera
official name	La Grande Barrière
official name	グレート・バリア・リーフ
official name	Groot Barrièrerif
official name	Большой Барьерный Риф
official name	大堡礁
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GreatBarrierReef-EO.JPG
media legend	Llun lloeren o'r Barrif Mawr