Coral Sea Islands region

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The Coral Sea Islands region is an Australian external territory in the Coral Sea comprising numerous small, mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs administered from mainland Australia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Coral Sea Islands region canonical 6
Coral Sea Islands 3
Coral Sea Islands Territory 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian external territory
overseas territory
administeredBy Australian Government
administeredFrom Canberra
borderedBy Queensland
callingCode +61
capital no permanent capital
climate tropical
contains Cato Reef
Elizabeth Reef
Frederick Reefs
linked to: Frederick Reef

Herald Cays
Kenn Reefs
Lihou Reef
Marion Reef
Mellish Reef
Middleton Reef
Saumarez Reefs
Willis Island
Wreck Reefs
country Australia
currency Australian dollar
established 1969
establishedBy Coral Sea Islands Act 1969
exclusiveEconomicZoneOf Australia
governingBody Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
hasCharacteristic low-lying coral formations
mostly uninhabited
no indigenous population
tropical islands and reefs
hasNo local self-government
headOfState monarch of Australia
ISOCode no separate ISO 3166-1 code
legalSystem Australian law
locatedIn Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean
officialLanguage English
partlyDesignatedAs marine protected area
partOf Oceania
population very small transient population
populationAsOf 2021
representativeOfHeadOfState Governor-General of Australia
sovereignState Australia
timeZone AEST
UTC+10
usedFor meteorological observation
nature conservation
navigation aids
uses Australian postal system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesterfield Islands subdivisionOf Coral Sea Islands region
Willis Island partOf Coral Sea Islands
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Willis Island partOf Coral Sea Islands Territory
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Commonwealth of Australia includesExternalTerritory Coral Sea Islands
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Australian territories includes Coral Sea Islands Territory
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Wreck Reefs partOf Coral Sea Islands region
Cato Reef partOf Coral Sea Islands
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Chesterfield Reefs partOf Coral Sea Islands region
Loop Islet partOf Coral Sea Islands region
Long Island (Chesterfield Islands) isPartOf Coral Sea Islands region
Bampton Island (sand cay) partOf Coral Sea Islands region
Wedge Island (accessible at low tide) category Coral Sea islands
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region
Alotau hasNearbyFeature Coral Sea islands
linked to: Coral Sea Islands region