Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef (English:. There are 2900 large and small coral reef islands, and the natural landscape is very special.

The southern end of the Great Barrier Reef is 241 kilometers away from the coast, the northern end is closer, and the nearest point is only 16 kilometers away from the coast. At ebb tide, some coral reefs come out of the water to form coral islands. It is a very convenient sea route between the reef group and the coast. When it is calm and calm, the cruise ship passes here. The continuous colorful and polymorphic coral scenery under the boat has become the best underwater spectacle attracting tourists from all over the world to hunt and watch.

The Great Barrier Reef was included in the World Natural Heritage List in 1981.

The Great Barrier Reef is located to the east of Queensland, Australia. It is a tropical sea area between Papua Bay and the Tropic of Cancer. The western Pacific Coral Sea stretches on the continental shelf off the northeast coast of Australia, separated from the coast by a 13-240 km wide waterway. It starts from Torres Strait in the north and ends at Fraser Island in the south. It is more than 2000 kilometers long. It is arranged in a chain in the north, 16-20 km wide, and only 16 km from the coast; Widen to more than 150 km to the south and 242 km away from the coast. It is composed of more than 2900 coral reefs, coral islands and sandbars in different stages. This coral reef group has the most beautiful scenery and the largest scale in the world, with a total area of 207, 000 square kilometers. When the reef ebbs, about 80000 kilometers of reefs are exposed to the water. When the tide rises, most of the reefs are covered by sea water, leaving only more than 600 islands and reefs looming.