"The sea level began to haze in the distance, and the sadness should be so calm and pure white. The raging tide, you understand, is not a wave but a sea of tears... Seabirds falling in love with fish, it was just an accident... Love buried deep in the Coral Sea". This 2005 Chow love song, which was included in "Chopard in November" and won the Most Popular Duet Golden Melody Award, is set against the backdrop of the azure coral sea. As the largest sea in the world, the western part of the Coral Sea is dotted with coral archipelagos of about 51 small islands and coral reefs, which are home to Australia's largest overseas territory.
The Coral Sea Islands, famous for their Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea Islands, also known as Coral Sea Islands Territory, are located in northeastern Queensland, Australia, at latitude 19°05′27"N and longitude 150°54′06"E. It has as many as 51 small islands and 2,900 large and small coral reefs, with a total distribution area of 780,000 square kilometers, stretching from the Torres Strait in the north to the south of the Tropic of Cancer in the south, stretching for 2011 kilometers and 161 kilometers at its widest point, making it the largest and longest coral island reef group in the world.
Coral Sea Islands, also known as Coral Sea Islands, are located in the northeast of Queensland, Australia.
The Coral Sea Archipelago is known for its Lighthouse Island at Melish Reef, the Hellard Islands, Osprey Reef and 15 other reef islands. Despite its wide range, the total land area of the reef is only 5 square kilometers. Most of these reefs are uninhabited, with willis Island alone with artificial weather stations being the only inhabited island.
The Coral Sea Islands actually have another, more familiar name: the Great Barrier Reef, which was named after the English navigator Cook in 1770. However, the Great Barrier Reef is heavy on the reef, and the Coral Sea Islands are heavy on the islands, and in a broad sense, the two overlap, and there is still a difference in the narrow sense, the Great Barrier Reef is only a reef beach near the northeast coast of Australia, while the Coral Sea Islands are coral islands outside the Great Barrier Reef. The Coral Sea Islands were first mapped in 1803, and in 1969 Australia declared the Coral Sea Islands its territory.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living organism in the world, but it is unusually fragile. When snorkeling or diving, pay special attention to fins to avoid touching corals.
Because the Coral Sea Archipelago has some of the most beautiful natural landscapes on the water and underwater, some claim to be some of the most spectacular on Earth, are one of the few living structures that can be seen in space, and look like a complex string of coral reefs along the northeast coast of Australia. These reefs are partially exposed to the water at low tide to form coral islands, and submerged under shallow sea surfaces at high tide, becoming the best place in the world to see the wonders of the coral seabed, and were listed on the World Natural Heritage List in 1981.
Coral reefs are partially exposed to the water at low tide to form coral islands, and at high tide they are submerged beneath the shallow sea.
The warming and humidifying effect of the East Australian warm current, the clean seawater, high salinity and transparency, and the dark blue color of the water are very suitable for the growth of polyps.
No one lives in the house, but it is always a popular tourist place
The Coral Sea Islands are beautiful, thanks to the tropical oceanic climate, the annual temperature is between 20 and 26 ° C, the temperature difference is very small, coupled with the Coral Sea located in the trade wind belt of the southern hemisphere, the southeast wind prevails, the wind speed is about 5 m / s in January, the northern part of July is 5 ~ 6 m / s, the water surface is relatively calm. In addition, there is almost no river injection around the Coral Sea, coupled with the warming and humidification effect of the East Australian Warm Current, the sea water is clean, salinity and transparency are high, and the water is dark blue, which is very suitable for the growth of corals.
By seaplane, you can get a bird's-eye view of the world-famous natural landscape of the Great Barrier Reef Heart Reef.
There are more than 16 dive sites around Akincourt Reef, with activity platforms for diving and a spectacular view of the colorful and colorful underwater world.
As a result, small corals multiply and grow on the continental shelf and shallow water beaches with higher water temperatures, and over the years they develop into numerous coral reefs. The unique environment allows the Coral Sea to concentrate three of the world's largest coral reef groups: the Great Barrier Reef, the Tagula Barrier Reef and the New Caledonian Barrier Reef, of which the Great Barrier Reef is the largest, but most of the reef is hidden underwater, and the coral island that exposes the sea surface is coral coral island. Scattered across the sea, these islands and reefs resemble castles that guard Australia's northeast coastal defense.
So named for its potato-shaped markings, the black grouper is a large fish on the Great Barrier Reef that can grow up to two meters long and weigh about 100 kilograms.
The Great Barrier Reef's Sumei fish are unique in size and distinctive in personality, which is particularly eye-catching. They are curious by nature and have a personality a bit like a puppy.
Coral Sea Islands usually have dense tropical jungle, lush greenery, silver sandy beaches along the coast, and under the turquoise waters outside the beach, there are clearly visible colorful coral reefs, which live a variety of marine flora and fauna, such as herring, turtles, sea cucumbers, pearl oysters, sharks and so on. Plenty of sunshine, fresh air, clean waters and rugged reefs make it a great place for sightseeing.
A small patch of sand in the Vlasov Reef, which is only revealed at low tide, is the perfect place for a picnic of drifting. It can be reached by helicopter.
Nothing is more indulgent than renting a private yacht, Rho is an island teeming with birds and marine life.
Although the Coral Sea Archipelago is a small area and difficult to survive in, many of them are uninhabited islands and reefs, but this does not prevent people from taking planes and boats to row, swim, sunbathe and sand bath. In addition, in 2004, a group of like-minded "comrades" in Queensland, Australia, ran to Cato Island to establish the Homosexual Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands because the Australian government refused to recognize the legality of same-sex marriage.
This is the Coral Sea Islands, Australia's off-coastal territory, a place of beautiful scenery that is exhausting.
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