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 the Coral Sea
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea
borders Great Barrier Reef
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
climate tropical
contains Chesterfield Islands
Flinders Reefs
linked to: Marion Reef

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
linked to: Great Barrier Reef

Heralds Beacon Island
Loyalty Islands
linked to: New Caledonia

Marion Reef
Osprey Reef
linked to: Marion Reef

Willis Island
hasFeature coral atolls
deep-sea plains
islands
seamounts
hasProtectedArea Coral Sea Marine Park
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
linked to: Great Barrier Reef
historicalEvent Battle of the Coral Sea
linked to: Battle of 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.

Pacific Ocean containsFeature Coral Sea
Australia liesOnSea Coral Sea
Queensland hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
Queensland borderedBy Coral Sea
Great Barrier Reef locatedIn Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea location Coral Sea
subject linked to: Battle of Coral Sea
South Pacific contains Coral Sea
Daintree Rainforest borders Coral Sea
Rockhampton nearbyBodyOfWater Coral Sea
Papua New Guinea borderedBy Coral Sea
Cairns coast Coral Sea
Tasman Sea boundedBy Coral Sea
Tasman Sea connectedTo Coral Sea
Melanesia hasSea Coral Sea
Townsville locatedOnWaterbody Coral Sea
Solomon Islands borderedBy Coral Sea
Cape York Peninsula borders Coral Sea
Bundaberg nearBodyOfWater Coral Sea
New Guinea borderedBy Coral Sea
Mackay locatedOnCoastOf Coral Sea
Solomon Sea connectedTo Coral Sea
Solomon Sea isNorthOf Coral Sea
Whitsunday Islands locatedIn Coral Sea
Whitsunday Islands sea Coral Sea
western Pacific Ocean contains Coral Sea
East Australian Current locatedInRegion Coral Sea
subject linked to: EAC
Shōhō locationSunk Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean contains Coral Sea
Noosa Heads locatedOn Coral Sea
Caloundra locatedOn Coral Sea
South East Queensland borders Coral Sea
Heralds Beacon Island locatedIn Coral Sea
Marcoola locatedOn Coral Sea
Marion Reef locatedIn Coral Sea
Marion Reef sea Coral Sea
Coral Sea Marine Park locatedIn Coral Sea
Nerang River mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea
Noosa Shire hasCoastlineOn Coral Sea
Mooloolaba locatedOn Coral Sea
Coolum Beach locatedOn Coral Sea
Mooloolaba Beach locatedOn Coral Sea