The Great Barrier Reef extends parallel to the coast of Queensland, one of the states of Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef.
Great Barrier Reef ; see related link below .
Queensland is where the Great Barrier Reef is located in Australia.
A fringing reef forms a continuous underwater "wall" for some distance, where as a "barrier Reef" are shorter in distances, and have large gaps in them....and will be between shore and the Barrier Reef..............Sea Rambo
The Great Barrier Reef was named by Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate the Australian continent.The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef placed into the category of 'barrier reef'. This means that the reef is separated from the coastline due to the water's depth being too deep. The reef was given its name because of the following.Great: The Great Barrier Reef is a large and vast coral reef: at 2000km long, it is the largest coral reef in the world.Barrier: The Great Barrier Reef is a barrier reef. A barrier reef is one which runs parallel to the shore, separated by a channel of water.Reef: The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef.
Far North Queensland
The great Barrier reef runs along the North Eastern side Of the coast of Australia.
This reef is the Great Barrier Reef. At 2300 km long, it is the largest reef in the world.
The Great Barrier Reef.
North east coast Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef runs along the eastern coast of Australia, and is actually in the Pacific Ocean.
There are no continents immediately east of the Great Barrier Reef. The closest continent east of the reef is South America, and it is many thousands of kilometres away. The continent of Australia, however, lies directly west of the Great Barrier Reef.