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Coral Sea Islands

Coral Sea Islands external territory of Australia, comprising scattered small islands and reefs spread over c.400,000 sq mi (1,035,995 sq km) of the South Pacific Ocean, E of the Great Barrier Reef , off NE Australia. The islands, uninhabited except for a meteorological station on the Willis Islets, became a territory in 1969.

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