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.
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Indispensable Reefs

Latitude
-12.66667° or 12° 40′ south
Longitude
160.41667° or 160° 25′ east
Open location code
5VV28CM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2178768
Wiki­data ID
Q202990
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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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