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.

Long Island locatedIn Coral Sea
subject surface form: Long Island (Queensland)
Bucasia Beach hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
Hayman Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Harbour Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Eimeo Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Eimeo Beach hasViewOf Coral Sea
Whitehaven Beach locatedIn Coral Sea
DD-409 locationOfSinking Coral Sea
subject surface form: USS Sims
New Hebrides Trench oceanRegion Coral Sea
this entity surface form: Coral Sea region
Possession Island ocean Coral Sea
New Caledonia Basin oceanRegion Coral Sea
this entity surface form: Coral Sea region
Tales of the South Pacific hasNotableStory Coral Sea
this entity surface form: The Coral Sea
Torres Islands nearbyWaterBody Coral Sea
Lady Lex locationOfWreck Coral Sea
subject surface form: USS Lexington (CV-2)
Ross River mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea
Ross River flowsInto Coral Sea
Lockhart River locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Burnett River mouth Coral Sea
Moffat Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Central Province hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
Fairfax Harbour partOf Coral Sea
Laguna Bay locatedOn Coral Sea
Shire of Douglas borders Coral Sea
Shire of Douglas hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
Port Douglas locatedOn Coral Sea
Kings Beach locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Dicky Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Coastal Queensland locatedOn Coral Sea
Noosa River mouth emptiesInto Coral Sea
Sunshine Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Colony of Queensland borderedBy Coral Sea
Wreck Reefs locatedIn Coral Sea
Australian Plate underlies Coral Sea
Frederick Reef locatedIn Coral Sea
Bowen locatedOn Coral Sea
The Spit locatedOn Coral Sea
Cato Reef locatedIn Coral Sea
Territory of Papua borderedBy Coral Sea
Main Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Bilinga, Queensland hasCoastline Coral Sea
this entity surface form: Coral Sea (South Pacific Ocean)