Batt Reef

Batt Reef

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locator_x = 225
locator_y = 43
nearest_town_or_city = Port Douglas
coordinates = coord|16|24|S|145|46|E|type:landmark_region:AU
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managing_authorities = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
official_site = [http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]

Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia. It is centred at coord|16|24|S|145|46|E|type:landmark_region:AU [Gazetteer of Australia | name = Batt Reef | id = 124317] and is part of the Great Barrier Reef.The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km (11 miles by 3 miles) wide, lying northwest to southeast, at the northern side of Trinity Passage that leads from the inner Reef channel from Trinity Bay (at Cairns) to the Pacific Ocean. The area received a high level of media attention following the death of Steve Irwin in 2006.

The north-west tip of the reef lies 15 km (9 miles) east of the Low Islets (Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn 16 km (10 miles) east of Newell Beach and 11 km (7 miles) northeast of Port Douglas.

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Much fungus formed in the 1950s, but was removed in 2002.


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