Deutsch: Great Barrier Reef / Español: Gran barrera de coral / Português: Grande Barreira de Coral / Français: La Grande Barrière - Grande barrière de corail / Italiano: Grande barriera corallina


The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage site in Australia defined by the UNESCO in 1981 and definitely a recommended natural sightseeing location.
It is on position 225 (190, 165, 175) in our monthly survey.

"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."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)

The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.

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