Saumarez Reefs

Saumarez Reefs is one of the southernmost reef systems located in the , and part of the Coral Sea Shelf; it contains three main reefs and numerous smaller reefs all of which form a large crescent-shaped formation open to the northwest, approximately 27 by 14 kilometres, with an area of just under 300 km2.
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  • Type: Reef
  • Description: reef in Australia
  • Also known as: Saumarez Reef” and “Saumerex Reef

Saumarez Reefs

Latitude
-21.81847° or 21° 49′ 7″ south
Longitude
153.65137° or 153° 39′ 5″ east
Open location code
5RCM5MJ2+JG
Geo­Names ID
2150198
Wiki­data ID
Q7427415
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Saumarez Reefs” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Saumarez Reefs
  • Swedish: Saumarez Reefs
  • Turkish: Saumarez Reefs
  • Turkish: Saumarez Resifleri

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saumarez Reefs”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.