Coral Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea off the northeast coast of Australia, renowned for its clear waters, rich marine biodiversity, and the Great Barrier Reef.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
area about 4,791,000 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth about 2,394 metres ⓘ
battleDate May 1942 ⓘ
battleInvolved Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
battleOccurred Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
borders Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
contains Chesterfield Islands ⓘ
Marion Reef ⓘ
surface form: Flinders Reefs

Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Heralds Beacon Island ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
surface form: Loyalty Islands

Marion Reef ⓘ
Marion Reef ⓘ
surface form: Osprey Reef

Willis Island ⓘ
hasFeature coral atolls ⓘ
deep-sea plains ⓘ
islands ⓘ
seamounts ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Coral Sea Marine Park ⓘ
Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
historicalEvent Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
importantFor fisheries ⓘ
marine biodiversity conservation ⓘ
recreational diving ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
knownFor Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
clear waters ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
locatedEastOf Queensland ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Tasman Sea ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Australia ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Solomon Sea ⓘ
locatedWestOf Vanuatu ⓘ
maxDepth over 9,000 metres ⓘ
namedAfter coral reefs ⓘ
partOf Australian Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
salinity about 34 to 35 PSU ⓘ
waterType warm ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

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

New Guinea → borderedBy → Coral Sea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea → borderedBy → Coral Sea ⓘ
Queensland → borderedBy → Coral Sea ⓘ
Solomon Islands → borderedBy → Coral Sea ⓘ
Cape York Peninsula → borders → Coral Sea ⓘ
Daintree Rainforest → borders → Coral Sea ⓘ
Far North Queensland → borders → Coral Sea ⓘ
South East Queensland → borders → Coral Sea ⓘ
Tasman Sea → boundedBy → Coral Sea ⓘ
Cairns → coast → Coral Sea ⓘ
Arafura Sea → connectedTo → Coral Sea ⓘ
Solomon Sea → connectedTo → Coral Sea ⓘ
Tasman Sea → connectedTo → Coral Sea ⓘ
South Pacific → contains → Coral Sea ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean → contains → Coral Sea ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Coral Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean → containsFeature → Coral Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern Australia
Noosa Shire → hasCoastlineOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Queensland → hasCoastlineOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Melanesia → hasSea → Coral Sea ⓘ
Solomon Sea → isNorthOf → Coral Sea ⓘ
Australia → liesOnSea → Coral Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea Marine Park → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Great Barrier Reef → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Heralds Beacon Island → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Marion Reef → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Port of Cairns → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Whitsunday Islands → locatedIn → Coral Sea ⓘ
EAC → locatedInRegion → Coral Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: East Australian Current
Cairns Lagoon → locatedNear → Coral Sea ⓘ
Cairns Esplanade → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Caloundra → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Coolum Beach → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Marcoola → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Maroochydore → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Mooloolaba → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Mooloolaba Beach → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Noosa Heads → locatedOn → Coral Sea ⓘ
Yeppoon → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Coral Sea ⓘ
Mackay → locatedOnCoastOf → Coral Sea ⓘ
Townsville → locatedOnWaterbody → Coral Sea ⓘ