Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site

Official name

Great Barrier Reef | UNESCO

Country

Australia | Map

Continent

Australia

Location

Off the east coast of the Queensland mainland
-18.2861° Lat, 147.7000° Lon | Map

Code

154

Time Zone

Australia/Sydney (AEDT, +1100)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1981. The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle, which are threatened with extinction.