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Tropic of Capricorn(23°26’30”S)

Anchor Cay

Murray IslandsMoaIsland

SaibaiIsland

Raine Island

Green Island

Low Islands

WILLIS GROUP

HinchinbrookIsland

PALMISLANDS

Magnetic Island

Whitsunday Group

Townshend Island

Keppel Islands

Fraser Island

Lady Elliot Island

CAPRICORN GROUP

BUNKER GROUP

CurtisIsland

Herald Cays

Lindeman Group

NORTHUMBERLAND

CUMBERLAND

ISLANDS

CORINGA ISLANDS

Magdelaine Cays

Paget Cay

Turtle IsletDiamond

Islets

South West CayISLANDS

Talbot Islands

Badu Island

Fitzroy Island

GloucesterIsland

Percy Isles

Lizard Island

Dunk (C oonanglebah)Island

Swain Reefs Saumarez Reef

Lihou Reef

Marion Reef

Flinders Reefs

Holmes Reef

Osprey Reef

Bougainville Reef

Portlock Reefs

Boot Reef

Ashmore Reef

Great DetachedReef

Lagoon Reef

Eastern Fields

Shark Reef

Dianne Bank

Moore Reefs

Flora Reef

Heralds SurpriseDartReef

Tregrosse ReefsMalay Reef

Abington Reef

FrederickReefs

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Daru

Port Moresby

Weipa LockhartRiver

Aurukun

Bamaga

Cairns

Tully

Innisfail

Port DouglasMossman

Babinda

Gordonvale

Cardwell

CooktownHope Vale

Coen

Pormpuraaw

Kowanyama

Sarina

Mackay

Proserpine

Bowen

Ayr

Ingham

Townsville

Airlie Beach

Bundaberg

Hervey Bay

Gladstone

Rockhampton

Yeppoon

Nambour

Maryborough

Gympie

Caloundra

ThursdayIsland

GULF OF PAPUA

C O R A L S E A

Curtis Channel

Bowling Green Bay

Shoalwater BayB r

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Shelburne Bay

FLINDERS GROUP

Halifax Bay

Upstart Bay

Capricorn Channel

HerveyBay

S O U T H

P A C I F I C

O C E A N

Torres

Strait

WideBay

DykeAckland

Bay

CollingwoodBay

Temple Bay

Lloyd Bay

Newcastle Bay

Orford Bay

Princess Charlotte

Bay

Trinity Bay

Rockingham Bay

Keppel Bay

Archer

River

WenlockRiver

Burnett

Maranoa

River

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DawsonRiver

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Burdekin

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Herbert

Gilbert

River

Norman

River

RiverEinasleigh

River

Clara

River

Stawell River

Mitchell

River

HolroydRiver

Staaten

River

Coleman River

PalmerRiver

Lynd

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BarcooRiver

Alice R i ver

Endeavour Strai t

River

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River

Lake Nuga Nuga

Lake Wuruma

Lake Monduran

LakeBoondooma

Lake Cania

SomersetLake

LakeBarambah

LakeBuchanan

Lake Galilee

Lake Maraboon

LakeDalrymple

Ross RiverDam

Lake Tinaroo

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WORLD HERITAGE AREA AND REGION BOUNDARY GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA (Extends from the low water mark of the mainland and includes all islands, internal waters of Queensland and Seas and Submerged Lands Act exclusions.)

Total area approximately 348 000 sq km

GREAT BARRIER REEF REGION (Extends from the low water mark of the mainland but excludes Queensland-owned islands, internal waters of Queensland and Seas and Submerged Lands Act exclusions.)

Total area approximately 346 000 sq km

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (Excludes Queensland-owned islands, internal waters of Queensland and Seas and Submerged Lands Act exclusions.) Total area approximately 344 400 sq km

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARKMANAGEMENT AREA

GREAT BARRIER REEF PROVINCE (As defined by W.G.H. Maxwell. Includes that part of the Queensland shelf that is occupied by reefs and reef-derived sediment.)

Total area is estimated to be 283 000 sq km

MAJOR CATCHMENT BOUNDARY

GREAT BARRIER REEFGeneral Reference Map

THIS MAP IS INDICATIVE ONLY. Derived from information or materials produced by: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines Geoscience Australia, National Mapping Division Royal Australian Navy, Hydrographic Office Times Books (Great Britain) Royal Navy (Great Britain) Environmental Systems Research Institute (USA)

Map projection: Unprojected geographic coordinates Horizontal datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia, 1994 Bathymetric contours: Depths in metres Names are not necessarily authoritative.

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Map No. SDC 041206 Sept 2004

PAPUANEW GUINEA

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10°40’55"S145°00’04"E

12°59’55"S145°00’04"E

14°59’55"S146°00’04"E

17°29’55"S147°00’04"E

20°59’54"S152°55’04"E

24°29’54"S154°00’04"E

MACKAY/CAPRICORN MANAGEMENT AREA

TOWNSVILLE / WHITSUNDAYMANAGEMENT AREA

CAIRNS / COOKTOWNMANAGEMENT AREA

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