New Caledonia Barrier Reef

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UNESCO World Heritage Site barrier reef coral reef system

The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is one of the world’s largest and most pristine coral reef systems, renowned for its exceptional marine biodiversity and UNESCO World Heritage status.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems	2
New Caledonia Barrier Reef canonical	2
Lagoons of New Caledonia	1
New Caledonia lagoon system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1007068 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Caledonia Barrier Reef
Context triple: [Nouméa, nearbyFeature, New Caledonia Barrier Reef]

A. Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, renowned for its extraordinary marine biodiversity and stretching along the northeast coast of Australia.
B. Coral Sea Marine Park
Coral Sea Marine Park is a vast Australian marine protected area renowned for its rich coral reef ecosystems, diverse marine life, and important role in ocean conservation in the Coral Sea region.
C. Reef Islands
Reef Islands are a remote group of low-lying coral islands in the southeastern Solomon Islands, known for their traditional Polynesian-influenced communities and vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
D. Caribbean Reef
Caribbean Reef is a large, circular saltwater exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium that recreates a vibrant Caribbean coral reef ecosystem with diverse tropical marine life.
E. Phoenix Islands Protected Area
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area is one of the world’s largest and most pristine marine protected areas, safeguarding extensive coral reef ecosystems and oceanic habitats in the central Pacific Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Caledonia Barrier Reef
Target entity description: The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is one of the world’s largest and most pristine coral reef systems, renowned for its exceptional marine biodiversity and UNESCO World Heritage status.

A. Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, renowned for its extraordinary marine biodiversity and stretching along the northeast coast of Australia.
B. Coral Sea Marine Park
Coral Sea Marine Park is a vast Australian marine protected area renowned for its rich coral reef ecosystems, diverse marine life, and important role in ocean conservation in the Coral Sea region.
C. Reef Islands
Reef Islands are a remote group of low-lying coral islands in the southeastern Solomon Islands, known for their traditional Polynesian-influenced communities and vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
D. Caribbean Reef
Caribbean Reef is a large, circular saltwater exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium that recreates a vibrant Caribbean coral reef ecosystem with diverse tropical marine life.
E. Phoenix Islands Protected Area
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area is one of the world’s largest and most pristine marine protected areas, safeguarding extensive coral reef ecosystems and oceanic habitats in the central Pacific Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ barrier reef ⓘ coral reef system ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
governedBy	French Republic ⓘ Government of New Caledonia ⓘ
habitatFor	corals ⓘ dugongs ⓘ giant clams ⓘ marine turtles ⓘ reef fish ⓘ seabirds ⓘ sharks ⓘ
hasConservationObjective	preservation of marine biodiversity ⓘ protection of coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coral reef ecosystem ⓘ mangroves ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ
hasFeature	atolls ⓘ barrier reefs ⓘ double barrier reef sections ⓘ fringing reefs ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	World Heritage property ⓘ marine protected area (in parts) ⓘ
hasUNESCOSiteID	1115 ⓘ
knownFor	exceptional marine biodiversity ⓘ extensive lagoon system ⓘ high level of endemism ⓘ pristine coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn	New Caledonia ⓘ South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	New Caledonia Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems Melanesia ⓘ surface form: Melanesia biogeographic region New Caledonia Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Caledonia lagoon system
recognizedAs	one of the largest coral reef systems in the world ⓘ one of the most intact large coral reef systems ⓘ
surrounds	Grande Terre ⓘ surface form: Grande Terre (main island of New Caledonia)
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ coral bleaching ⓘ cyclones ⓘ ocean acidification ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ix) ⓘ (vii) ⓘ (x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	2008 ⓘ
usedFor	recreational diving ⓘ scientific research ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Nouméa, New Caledonia → nearbyFeature → New Caledonia Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Nouméa

New Caledonia Barrier Reef → partOf → New Caledonia Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems

New Caledonia Barrier Reef → partOf → New Caledonia Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Caledonia lagoon system

Grande Terre → surroundedBy → New Caledonia Barrier Reef ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → New Caledonia Barrier Reef ⓘ