Chesterfield Islands

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The Chesterfield Islands are a remote group of low-lying coral reefs and islets in the southwest Pacific Ocean, located between Australia and New Caledonia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chesterfield Islands canonical 1
Coral Sea Islands Territory 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
coral reef system
administeredBy France
archipelagoOf New Caledonia
climate tropical
country France
disputedBy Australia
distanceToAustralia approximately 800 km east of Queensland coast
distanceToNewCaledonia approximately 550 km northwest of Grande Terre
elevation low-lying
geologicalType coral atoll
habitationStatus uninhabited
hasConservationValue important bird area
important marine habitat
hasEcosystem coral reef ecosystem
hasFeature coral reefs
lagoons
sand cays
hasPart Bampton Island (sand cay)
Chesterfield Reefs
surface form: Bampton Reefs

Chesterfield Reefs
Long Island (Chesterfield Islands)
Loop Islet
Miller Islet
Passage Islet
South Islet (Chesterfield Islands)
Frederick Reef
surface form: Vulcain Reef
knownFor marine biodiversity
remote location
seabird colonies
locatedBetween Australia
New Caledonia
locatedIn Coral Sea
southwest Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
navigationHazard yes
near Lord Howe Rise
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf New Caledonia
permanentPopulation 0
region Melanesia
sea Coral Sea
sovereignState France
subdivisionOf Coral Sea Islands region
territorialCollectivity New Caledonia
usedFor fishing grounds
navigation reference

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coral Sea contains Chesterfield Islands
southwest Pacific Ocean adjacentTo Chesterfield Islands
this entity surface form: Coral Sea Islands Territory