Coral Sea

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Coral Sea canonical 206
Coral Sea region 3
Coral Sea (South Pacific Ocean) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (211)

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

Arafura Sea connectedTo Coral Sea
Arafura Sea locatedWestOf Coral Sea
Daintree River mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea
Maroochydore locatedOn Coral Sea
Brisbane River mouthLocation Coral Sea
Yeppoon locatedOnBodyOfWater Coral Sea
northeastern Australia hasCoastOn Coral Sea
subject surface form: Northeastern Australia
Far North Queensland borders Coral Sea
Cairns Lagoon locatedNear Coral Sea
Cairns Esplanade locatedOn Coral Sea
Port of Cairns locatedIn Coral Sea
Fitzroy River mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea
subject surface form: Fitzroy River (Queensland)
Mount Bowarrady nearbyWaterBody Coral Sea
Lord Howe Rise extendsFrom Coral Sea
Chesterfield Islands locatedIn Coral Sea
Chesterfield Islands sea Coral Sea
Torres Strait Islands separates Coral Sea
Willis Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Willis Island monitorsRegion Coral Sea
Hervey Bay locatedOnBodyOfWater Coral Sea
Fitzroy Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Province Sud hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
northern Australia borders Coral Sea
subject surface form: Northern Australia
Cooktown locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Port of Bundaberg locatedNear Coral Sea
Burnett Heads locatedOn Coral Sea
Magnetic Island locatedIn Coral Sea
North Queensland borders Coral Sea
Torres Strait connects Coral Sea
New Guinea mangroves border Coral Sea
Bargara locatedOn Coral Sea
Port of Mackay locatedOn Coral Sea
Hay Point locatedOnBodyOfWater Coral Sea
Mackay Region locatedOn Coral Sea
Daydream Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Airlie Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Whitsunday Region locatedOn Coral Sea
Innes Park locatedOn Coral Sea
Green Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Efate surroundedBy Coral Sea