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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is a coral formation, the largest in the world, and one of the seven natural wonders off the Pacific coast of , .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lady Elliot Island and Fitzroy Island.

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is the southernmost inhabited island in the Great Barrier Reef. The island offers a range of fun activities under and above water, and it is also a fantastic destination for seeing and photographing corals, fish and birds typical of the Barrier Reef.

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is a continental island offshore from Cape Grafton, 29 km southeast of , , Australia. It is a locality in the Cairns Region. In the 2021 census, had a population of 85 people.

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is a 6000 year old coral cay located in Great Barrier Reef, just 27 km offshore from .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Capricornia Cays National Park and Lizard Island.

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is a national park that comprises a couple of islands in the Great Barrier Reef. As it is a part of the GBR, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is an island in the northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of , . Accommodations exist only at the two extremes, either an expensive tropical resort if you like your holidays private and luxurious, or a campground.

Great Barrier Reef

Latitude of center
-16.35° or 16° 21′ south
Longitude of center
145.9° or 145° 54′ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4910758821
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2164628
Wiki­data ID
Q7343
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Satellite Map

Discover Great Barrier Reef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Great Barrier Reef” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Koraalrif”
  • Albanian: “Barriera e Madhe e Shkëmbinjëve”
  • Amharic: “ታላቁ ገዳቢ ተሬ”
  • Arabic: “الحاجز المرجاني العظيم”
  • Arabic: “الحيد المرجاني العظيم”
  • Aragonese: “Gran barrera de coral”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ արգելախութ”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Արգելախութ”
  • Assamese: “বৃহৎ প্ৰবাল প্ৰাচীৰ”
  • Asturian: “Gran barrera de coral”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Sədd rifi”
  • Balinese: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Bashkir: “Оло Барьерлы риф”
  • Basque: “Koral Hesi Handia”
  • Basque: “Koralezko Barrera Handia”
  • Bavarian: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі бар’ерны рыф”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট ব্যারিয়ার রিফ”
  • Bhojpuri: “ग्रेट बैरियर रीफ”
  • Bosnian: “Veliki koralni greben”
  • Breton: “Kouraleg Vras”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям бариерен риф”
  • Burmese: “မဟာ ဘယ်ရီယာ သန္တာကျောက်တန်းကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Gran Barrera de Corall”
  • Cebuano: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەربەستی مەزنی ڕیف”
  • Chechen: “Йоккха Барьерин риф”
  • Chinese: “Tāi-pó-chiau”
  • Chinese: “大堡礁”
  • Cornish: “Krib-bar Meur Ostrali”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Büyük sed rifi”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Büyük set rifi”
  • Croatian: “Veliki koraljni greben”
  • Czech: “Velká útesová bariéra”
  • Czech: “Velký bariérový útes”
  • Czech: “Velký korálový útes”
  • Danish: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Dhivehi: “ގްރޭޓް ބެރިއަރ ރީފް”
  • Dutch: “Groot Barriererif”
  • Dutch: “Groot Barrièrerif”
  • Esperanto: “Granda barilrifo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Barilrifo”
  • Estonian: “Suur Vallrahu”
  • Faroese: “Korallrivið Mikla”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Finnish: “Iso Valliriutta”
  • French: “grande barrière de corail”
  • French: “Grande barrière de corail”
  • French: “Grande Barrière de corail”
  • Galician: “Gran Barreira de Coral”
  • Gan Chinese: “大堡礁”
  • Georgian: “დიდი ბარიერული რიფი”
  • German: “Barrier-Riff”
  • German: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • German: “Great-Barrier-Reef”
  • German: “Großes Barriereriff”
  • German: “Großes Barrierriff”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλος Κοραλλιογενής Ύφαλος”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Gran baryèr di koray”
  • Hebrew: “גרייט בארייר ריף”
  • Hebrew: “שונית המחסום הגדולה”
  • Hindi: “ग्रेट बैरियर रीफ”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy-korallzátony”
  • Icelandic: “Kóralrifið mikla”
  • Ido: “Granda Koralio-barilo”
  • Iloko: “Nalatak a Bangen ti Raw-ang”
  • Inari Sami: “Stuorrâ Viemârdâskárgu”
  • Indonesian: “Karang Penghalang Besar”
  • Interlingua: “Grande Barriera de Corallo”
  • Irish: “An Mhórsceir Bhacainneach”
  • Italian: “Grande barriera corallina”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Griet Baria Riif”
  • Japanese: “グレート・バリア・リーフ”
  • Japanese: “グレート・バリアリーフ”
  • Japanese: “グレートバリアーリーフ”
  • Japanese: “グレートバリアリーフ”
  • Japanese: “大堡礁”
  • Javanese: “Karang malang gedhé”
  • Javanese: “Karang Malang Gedhé”
  • Kabiyè: “Koorayi Tilimiye Kɩkaɣyɛ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾದ ಹವಳದ ದಿಬ್ಬಗಳು”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Уллу барьер риф”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Уллу Тыйгъыч риф”
  • Kazakh: “Үлкен тосқауыл рифі”
  • Kirghiz: “Чоң Тоскоол рифи”
  • Korean: “그레이트배리어리프”
  • Kurdish: “Besta binavî ya mezin”
  • Kurdish: “Besta Mezin a Mercanî”
  • Ladin: “Gran bariera coralina”
  • Latin: “Magna Curalii Obex”
  • Latvian: “Lielais Barjerrifs”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Resife-Parador Grande”
  • Literary Chinese: “大堡礁”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis barjerinis rifas”
  • Low German: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Luxembourgish: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Корален Гребен”
  • Maithili: “ग्रेट ब्यारियर रिफ”
  • Malay: “Terumbu Sawar Besar”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബാരിയർ റീഫ്”
  • Maltese: “Skoll il-Kbir tal-Qroll”
  • Marathi: “ग्रेट बॅरियर रीफ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tāi-pó-chiau”
  • Mingrelian: “დიდი ბარიერული რიფი”
  • Mingrelian: “კაბეტი ბარიერული რაქა”
  • Mirandese: “Grande Barreira de Coral”
  • Mongolian: “Их шүрэн далан”
  • Nepali: “ग्रेट ब्यारियर रिफ”
  • Nepali: “ग्रेट ब्यारियर रीफ”
  • Newari: “ग्रेट ब्यारियर रिफ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det store barriererevet”
  • Norwegian: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Barrièra de Coralh”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰੇਟ ਬੈਰੀਅਰ ਰੀਫ਼”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰੇਟ ਰੀਫ ਬੈਰੀਅਰ”
  • Persian: “دیواره بزرگ مرجانی”
  • Piemontese: “Granda Bariera Coralin-a”
  • Polish: “Wielka Rafa Koralowa”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Barreira de Coral”
  • Pushto: “لوی مرجاني دېوال”
  • Romanian: “Marea Barieră de Corali”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ехэ шүрэн далан”
  • Russian: “Большой Барьерный риф”
  • Russian: “Большо́й Барье́рный риф”
  • Rusyn: “Великый барєрний ріф”
  • Sakizaya: “Yi-ta-li ta-paw-ciw”
  • Samogitian: “Dėdlīsės barjerėnis rėfs”
  • Scots: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Serbian: “Велики корални гребен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki koraljni greben”
  • Sicilian: “Granni Barriera Curaddina”
  • Slovak: “Veľká koralová bariéra”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki koralni greben”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بؤیوک مرجان دیواری”
  • Spanish: “Gran barrera de coral”
  • Spanish: “Gran Barrera de Coral”
  • Swahili: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Swedish: “Great Barrier Reef (rev i Australien)”
  • Swedish: “Stora barriärrevet”
  • Swiss German: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Tagalog: “Bahura ng Gran Barrera”
  • Tamil: “பெருந் தடுப்புப் பவளத்திட்டு”
  • Tamil: “பெரும் தடுப்புப் பவளத்திட்டு”
  • Tatar: “Бөек барьер рифы”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ బారియర్ రీఫ్”
  • Thai: “เกรตแบร์ริเออร์รีฟ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Set Resifi”
  • Turkish: “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Turkmen: “Uly Barýer rifi”
  • Uighur: “چوڭ توسۇق خادا تاشلىقى”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий бар’єрний риф”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Бар’єрний риф”
  • Urdu: “عظیم حائل شعب”
  • Uzbek: “Katta toʻsiq rifi”
  • Uzbek: “Katta Toʻsiq rifi”
  • Venetian: “Gran bariera coraƚina”
  • Venetian: “Granda bariera corałina”
  • Veps: “Sur‘ Zaborkrif”
  • Veps: “Sur’ Zaborkrif”
  • Vietnamese: “Rạn san hô Great Barrier”
  • Võro: “Suur Korallirahu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga Makaurulang nga Monbón”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Great Barrier Reef”
  • Welsh: “Barriff Mawr”
  • Western Frisian: “Grut Barriêrerif”
  • Western Panjabi: “گریٹ بیریئر ریف”
  • Wu Chinese: “大堡礁”
  • Yakut: “Улахан Харгыс Арыылар”
  • Yiddish: “גרויסער באריער ריף”
  • Yue Chinese: “大堡礁”
  • “Dėdlīsės barjerėnis rėfs”
  • “Granne barriere coralline”
  • “Suur Korallirahu”
  • “ग्रेट बैरियर रीफ”

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