Map of the Coral Sea Islands

A political map of the South Pacific.

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea off the north-east coast of Australia with a namesake chain of islands (uninhabited), including the Willis, Coringa, and Tregosse Islets. Image File history File links Coral_Sea_Islands. ... Image File history File links Coral_Sea_Islands. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... World map exhibiting a common interpretation of Oceania; other interpretations may vary. ... A marginal sea is a part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas. ... Not to be confused with Willis Islands Willis Island is an island in an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea some 420 km east of Cairns, Queensland. ...

The territory is a possession of Australia, administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment and Water Resource. Popular recreational activities in the area include surfing and snorkeling. The Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEW), formely the Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH) is a department of the Australian federal government. ... Buttons Kaluhiokalani at Banzai Pipeline, December 1981 Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried by a breaking wave usually on a surfboard toward the shore. ... A snorkeler amid corals on a coral reef near Fiji. ...

The Louisiade Archipelago and the north of the Coral Sea

. Download high resolution version (2000x1500, 449 KB)Off the southeast tip of Papua New Guinea lies a string of small volcanic islands and coral reefs collectively called the Louisiade Archipelago. ... Download high resolution version (2000x1500, 449 KB)Off the southeast tip of Papua New Guinea lies a string of small volcanic islands and coral reefs collectively called the Louisiade Archipelago. ... Moving westward from eastern end of the chain are the islands of Rossel and Tagula. ...

Geography

To the east of the Coral Sea is the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Solomon Island. In the north is the Louisiade Archipelago and Papua New Guinea and then west across to the Torres Strait north of Cape York. The waters of Tasman Sea extends south. World map exhibiting a common interpretation of Oceania; other interpretations may vary. ... Moving westward from eastern end of the chain are the islands of Rossel and Tagula. ... The Torres Strait - Cape York Peninsula is at the top; several of the Torres Strait Islands can be seen strung out towards Papua New Guinea (North is downwards in this image) The Torres Strait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. ... Categories: Australia geography stubs | Peninsulas | Headlands ... fuck you Map of the Tasman Sea Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. ...

The eastern parts of the sea are prone to earthquakes and tsumanis. The warm waters of the Coral Sea usually produce a couple of tropical lows and cyclones each year. Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... Radar image of a tropical cyclone in the northern hemisphere. ...

The Coral Sea is named for its primary feature, the Great Barrier Reef, which is the largest coral reef in the world. The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef system,[1][2] composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands that stretch for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) and cover an area of approximately 344,400 km².[3][4] The reef is located in the... Extant Subclasses and Orders Alcyonaria    Alcyonacea    Helioporacea Zoantharia    Antipatharia    Corallimorpharia    Scleractinia    Zoanthidea [1][2]  See Anthozoa for details For other uses, see Coral (disambiguation). ... A reef surrounding an islet. ...

History

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The sea was the location for a major confrontation during World War II. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

See also: Battle of the Coral Sea

Combatants United States Navy Royal Australian Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Commanders Frank J. Fletcher John G. Crace Shigeyoshi Inoue Takeo Takagi Strength 2 large carriers, 3 cruisers 2 large carriers, 1 light carrier, 4 cruisers Casualties 1 fleet carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 oil tanker sunk 543 killed 1 light carrier...

See also

• USS Coral Sea (aircraft carrier)
• Coral Sea Islands

USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea. ...

References

Coordinates: 16°56′03″S, 155°06′36″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...