Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is a coral formation, the largest in the world, and one of the seven natural wonders located off the Pacific coast of Queensland, Australia.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Lady Elliot Island
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Lady Elliot Island is the southernmost inhabited island in the Great Barrier Reef.
Fitzroy Island
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Fitzroy Island is one of the most visited islands of the Great Barrier Reef, close to Cairns.
Green Island
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Green Island is a 6000 year old coral cay located in Great Barrier Reef, just 27 km offshore from Cairns.
Destinations
Lizard Island
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Lizard Island is an island in the northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Capricornia Cays National Park
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Capricornia Cays National Park is a national park that comprises a couple of islands in the Great Barrier Reef.
Great Barrier Reef
- Type: Reef
- Description: 2300 km long coral reef off Australia's northeast coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Categories: coral reef, natural cultural heritage site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-16.35° or 16° 21' southLongitude of centre
145.9° or 145° 54' eastOpenStreetMap ID
node 4910758821OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=reefOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=yesGeoNames ID
2164628Wikidata ID
Q7343Great Barrier Reef Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Groot Koraalrif
- Albanian: Barriera e Madhe e Shkëmbinjëve
- Amharic: ታላቁ ገዳቢ ተሬ
- Arabic: Great Barrier Reef
- 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
- 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
- English: The Great Barrier Reef
- 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: 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
- Javanese: Karang Malang Gedhé
- Javanese: Karang malang gedhé
- Kabiyè: Koorayi Tilimiye Kɩkaɣyɛ
- Kannada: ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾದ ಹವಳದ ದಿಬ್ಬಗಳು
- Karachay-Balkar: Уллу барьер риф
- Kazakh: Үлкен тосқауыл рифі
- Kirghiz: Чоң Тоскоол рифи
- Korean: 그레이트배리어리프
- Kurdish: Besta Mezin a Mercanî
- Kurdish: Besta binavî ya mezin
- Ladin: Gran bariera coralina
- Lao: Nalatak a Bangen ti Raw-ang
- Latin: Magna Curalii Obex
- Latvian: Lielais Barjerrifs
- Lingua Franca Nova: Resife-Parador Grande
- Literary Chinese: 大堡礁
- Lithuanian: Didysis barjerinis rifas
- 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: Great Barrier Reef
- Norwegian Bokmål: Great Barrier Reef
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det store barriererevet
- 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
- Russian: Большо́й Барье́рный риф
- Russian: Большой Барьерный риф
- Rusyn: Великый барєрний ріф
- 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
- 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
- Urdu: عظیم حائل شعب
- Uzbek: Katta Toʻsiq rifi
- Uzbek: Katta toʻsiq rifi
- Venetian: Gran bariera coraƚina
- Venetian: Granda bariera corałina
- Veps: Sur' Zaborkrif
- Vietnamese: Rạn san hô Great Barrier
- Võro: Suur Korallirahu
- Waray (Philippines): Dungganan nga Makaurulang nga Monbón
- 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
- Bol'shoy Bar'yernyy Rif
- Granne barriere coralline
- The Great Barrier Reefs
- Великий Бар'єрний риф
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