Elizabeth Reef
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Elizabeth Reef, located at, is a coral reef in the Coral Sea. The reef is separated by a deep oceanic pass, some 47 km wide, from nearby Middleton Reef, both of which are part of the underwater platea
Elizabeth Reef image from NASA Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project
The iron ship Ramsey
The fully rigged ship Askøy as it was when named the Argus
Atoll
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An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans a
Elizabeth Reef
…Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1997 included Elizabeth Reef in Australia's Coral Sea Islands Territory. It is the southernmost coral atoll in the world and one of the southernmost platform reefs in the world. It measures 10.5 km by 6.1 km. Despite the relatively high latitude, a wide variety…
The atoll of Tetiʻaroa in French Polynesia
Penrhyn atoll
Nukuoro from space. Courtesy NASA
View of the coast of Bikini Atoll from above