The Great Barrier Reef is a very special place! It is not one continuous reef, but made up of over 2900 reefs and 900 islands.
It is the largest reef structure and marine park in the world. It is so large that it is visible from the moon. Astronauts have described it as “a thin white line off the east coast of Australia”.
Information about the Great Barrier Reef
Length: Approximately 2300 km (1300 miles). It begins near Papua New Guinea in the north, and continues south along the Queensland coast to Bundaberg (just north of Brisbane).
Width: 24 km wide in the north to over 240 km wide in the south
Area: Approximately 35 million hectares (about 70 million football fields!)
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