Pandora Reef
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| Geography | |
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| Coordinates | 18°48′45″S 146°25′59″E / 18.81248°S 146.43312°E[1] |
| Administration | |
| State | Queensland |
Pandora Reef is a low-lying island in addition to being an adjacent fringing reef. It is in Halifax Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Greater Palm group.[2] The name Pandora Reef dates back to at least 1889.[3]
The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority designation is 18-051.[4] Zoned as a Marine National Park, fishing is not permitted, although diving and photography are allowed.
Aerial photos and maps
[edit]- "Pandora Reef, the island, and Pandora Reef, the reef" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- "satellite view of Pandora Reef" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Place names search, Geoscience Australia, QLD26001 (Place name = "Pandora Reef", click search, click QLD26001)". Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Launch Party Missing". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
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Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1889). Australia directory, Volume 2. p. 300. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
Pandora reef, 5 1/2 miles West of Fly islet, is a dangerous coral reef, nearly three-quarters of a mile long east and west, and a quarter of a mile broad. On its eastern end is situated a crescent-shaped coral grit bank, 2 feet above high water; on the western point is a smaller bank, about one foot above high water.
- ^ "Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Detailed maps, MPZ8 - Townsville". Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
Bibliography
[edit]- Done, Terry; Turak, Emre; Wakeford, Mary; Devantier, Lyndon; McDonald, Abbi; Fisk, David (2007). "Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: Loss of resilience or too soon to tell?". Coral Reefs. 26 (4): 789–805. Bibcode:2007CorRe..26..789D. doi:10.1007/s00338-007-0265-3. S2CID 21247413.