Pandora Reef is a low-lying island in addition to being an adjacent fringing reef. It is in Halifax Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Greater Palm group.[2] The name Pandora Reef dates back to at least 1889.[3]

Pandora Reef
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Geography
Coordinates18°48′45″S 146°25′59″E / 18.81248°S 146.43312°E / -18.81248; 146.43312[1]
Administration
StateQueensland

The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority designation is 18-051.[4] Zoned as a Marine National Park, fishing is not permitted, although diving and photography are allowed.

Aerial photos and maps

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  • "Pandora Reef, the island, and Pandora Reef, the reef" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  • "satellite view of Pandora Reef" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Place names search, Geoscience Australia, QLD26001 (Place name = "Pandora Reef", click search, click QLD26001)". Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Launch Party Missing". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. ^ Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1889). Australia directory, Volume 2. p. 300. Retrieved 3 October 2011. Pandora reef, 5 1/2 miles West of Fly islet, is a dangerous coral reef, nearly three-quarters of a mile long east and west, and a quarter of a mile broad. On its eastern end is situated a crescent-shaped coral grit bank, 2 feet above high water; on the western point is a smaller bank, about one foot above high water.
  4. ^ "Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Detailed maps, MPZ8 - Townsville". Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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