Indispensable Reefs

The Indispensable Reefs are a chain of three large coral atolls in the Coral Sea. They are located about 50 km south of . The chain stretches over a length of 114 km and its average width is 18 km.

Indispensable Reefs

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Latitude
-12.66667° or 12° 40′ south
Longitude
160.41667° or 160° 25′ east
Open location code
5VV28CM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Indispensable Reefs” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Indispensable Reefs”
  • Chinese: “必需号群礁”
  • Dutch: “Indispensable Reefs”
  • French: “Récifs indispensables”
  • Galician: “Arrecife Indispensable”
  • German: “Indispensable Reefs”
  • Japanese: “インディスペンサブル”
  • Japanese: “インディスペンサブル礁”
  • Portuguese: “Recifes Indispensáveis”
  • Russian: “Индиспенсабл”
  • Russian: “Индиспенсейбл”

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