Great Barrier Reef

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UNESCO World Heritage Site coral reef system natural wonder

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.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Great Barrier Reef canonical	69
Great Barrier Reef region	13
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area	7
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	5
Great Barrier Reef catchment	4
Southern Great Barrier Reef	4
Great Barrier Reef lagoon	2
Great Barrier Reef tourism region	2
southern Great Barrier Reef	2
Great Barrier Reef Province (biogeographic region)	1
Great Barrier Reef Province (broad biogeographic region)	1
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (offshore waters)	1
Great Barrier Reef area	1
Great Barrier Reef coast	1
Great Barrier Reef coastal fringe	1
Great Barrier Reef coastal waters	1
Great Barrier Reef ecosystem	1
Great Barrier Reef exhibit	1
Great Barrier Reef marine ecoregion	1
Great Barrier Reef region off the coast of Queensland	1
Southern Great Barrier Reef region	1
World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef (offshore)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ coral reef system ⓘ natural wonder ⓘ
composedOf	over 2900 individual reefs ⓘ over 900 islands ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
economicImportance	fisheries ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ecosystemType	tropical marine ecosystem ⓘ
governedBy	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 344400 square kilometres ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	high ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 2300 kilometres ⓘ
homeTo	coral species ⓘ dugongs ⓘ fish species ⓘ marine turtles ⓘ rays ⓘ seabirds ⓘ sharks ⓘ
knownFor	coral reefs ⓘ extraordinary marine biodiversity ⓘ scuba diving and snorkeling ⓘ tropical islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedNear	Cairns ⓘ Townsville ⓘ Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Queensland ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	northeast coast of Australia ⓘ
marineParkEstablishmentYear	1975 ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
protectedAs	Great Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
recognizedAs	one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World ⓘ
state	Queensland ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ coastal development ⓘ coral bleaching ⓘ crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks ⓘ ocean acidification ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	natural criteria ix ⓘ natural criteria vii ⓘ natural criteria viii ⓘ natural criteria x ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1981 ⓘ
visibleFromSpace	true ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

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

Australia → hasNotableLandmark → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Queensland → contains → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Queensland → hasHeritageSite → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Great Barrier Reef → protectedAs → Great Barrier Reef self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

aquarium Kaiyukan → exhibit → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Aquarium Kaiyukan

East Australian Current → originatesNear → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Coral Sea → borders → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Coral Sea → contains → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Coral Sea → knownFor → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Coral Sea → hasProtectedArea → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Daintree Rainforest → borders → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Cairns → isGatewayTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Cairns → nearbyWorldHeritageSite → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority → appliesTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority → appliesTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority → appliesTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef ecosystem

Kaiyukan → hasExhibit → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Townsville → isGatewayTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Townsville → hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Bundaberg → tourismGatewayTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Great Barrier Reef

Australian National Heritage List → hasNotableListedPlace → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Mackay → locatedNear → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Mackay → isTouristGatewayTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Whitsunday Islands → partOf → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef region

Whitsunday Islands → marinePark → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

southwest Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

First voyage of James Cook → chartedRegion → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef area

HMS Endeavour → visited → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

HMS Endeavour → damagedAt → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Finding Nemo → setIn → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

EAC → startsNear → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: East Australian Current

EAC → flowsPast → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: East Australian Current

this entity surface form: southern Great Barrier Reef

Dory in Finding Dory → formerHomeLocation → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Dory

National Marine Aquarium → hasExhibit → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef exhibit

Marion Reef → partOf → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef Province (broad biogeographic region)

Cape Tribulation → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (offshore waters)

Cape Tribulation → nearbyFeature → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Yeppoon → tourismRegion → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Great Barrier Reef

Yeppoon → nearWorldHeritageArea → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

northeastern Australia → knownFor → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Northeastern Australia

northeastern Australia → contains → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Northeastern Australia

northeastern Australia → marineFeature → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

subject surface form: Northeastern Australia

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef lagoon

Far North Queensland → hasFeature → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef (offshore)

Far North Queensland → touristAttraction → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Cairns Airport → serves → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef region

Cairns Airport → regionServed → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef tourism region

Cairns Airport → nearbyAttraction → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

Captain Cook Highway → parallelTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Barrier Reef coast

Captain Cook Highway → adjacentTo → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ

James Cook University Cairns campus → nearbyEnvironment → Great Barrier Reef ⓘ