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Coral reef snapper feeling impacts of marine heat waves on Great Barrier Reef -
Hope for Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Helping coral adapt to rising temperatures -
Demonstrating how Great Barrier Reef water quality targets can be achieved through gully remediation -
Great Barrier Reef faces crisis with highest water temps in 400 years
Great Barrier Reef
Key facts
- country: Australia
- inscription date: 1981
- is the site in danger: No
- area: 34,870,000 m²
- category: Natural
- transboundary: No
In classification: place
Location on a map: [-18°28′S, 147°69′E]
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Summary
The Great Barrier Reef is located in Australia and has an area of 34,870,000 m². It is a Natural site and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1981. The site is considered to be in not in danger. It is a not a transboundary site.