Coral Sea Islands

Coral Sea Islands Territory
Flag of Australia, used for the Coral Sea Islands[1]
Geography
LocationCoral Sea
Major islandsWillis Island, Cato Island
Administration
Demographics
Population4[n 1] (2018)

The Coral Sea Islands Territory is an external territory of Australia which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, north-east of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is Willis Island. The territory covers 780,000 km2 (301,160 sq mi), most of which is ocean, extending east and south from the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and includes Heralds Beacon Island, Osprey Reef, the Willis Group and fifteen other reef/island groups. Cato Island is the highest point in the Territory.[2]

Acropora coral garden with giant clam. Raging Horn, Coral Sea Islands
  1. ^ "The symbols of other territories of Australia". www.pmc.gov.au. Australian Government. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  2. ^ Geoscience Australia. Coral Sea Islands Archived 21 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine


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