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.

Yandina Island marineRegion Coral Sea
this entity surface form: Coral Sea region
Moreton Bay locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Gold Coast Broadwater locatedIn Coral Sea
Gold Coast coastline locatedOn Coral Sea
Mudjimba locatedOn Coral Sea
Coolum locatedOn Coral Sea
Arafura Shelf locatedWestOf Coral Sea
Keppel Bay locatedIn Coral Sea
Emu Park locatedOn Coral Sea
Parkhurst locatedInBodyOfWater Coral Sea
Taranganba locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
port of Rockhampton connectedTo Coral Sea
subject surface form: Port of Rockhampton
Kinka Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Sunrise Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Noosa North Shore coast Coral Sea
served by David Low Way locatedOn Coral Sea
subject surface form: Coolum Beach
Bloomfield Track followsCoastOf Coral Sea
Innisfail nearCoastOf Coral Sea
Zenadh Kes locatedInBodyOfWater Coral Sea
Central Islands borderedBy Coral Sea
Pioneer River emptiesInto Coral Sea
Pioneer River mouthLocation Coral Sea
Alexandra Headland locatedOn Coral Sea
Twin Waters locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Cotton Tree locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Gladstone locatedOn Coral Sea
Marcoola Beach coast Coral Sea
Endeavour River mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea
Endeavour River flowsInto Coral Sea
research vessel Petrel operatingArea Coral Sea
subject surface form: RV Petrel
South Molle Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Lindeman Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Yeppoon Main Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Yeppoon Lagoon hasView Coral Sea