What is the latitude and longitude of Coral reefs?

Answer 1

Coral reefs extend across long and wide swaths of areas across the world. There is NO one specific location of "the" coral reef. In fact, "coral reef" is such a non-specific area that normally, we would not note longitude and latitudes for every site.

The only way we have any location identifiers is from scientists studying fish or coral populations. Here is one such list of JUST those specific sites:

Regional-Scale Assembly Rules and Biodiversity of Coral Reefs
David R. Bellwood and Terry P. Hughes: Supplementary Material.

Note 11. Fish and coral family data: families and locations evaluated.

Fish Families
Labridae
Pomacentridae
Serranidae
Blenniidae
Apogonidae
Chaetodontidae
Acanthuridae
Scaridae
Holocentridae
Lutjanidae
Pomacanthidae
Scorpaenidae
Lethrinidae

Supplemental Table 1. Locations of coral reefs used in assessing species composition of fish families.

Location Longitude Latitude

• Red Sea 36°E25°N
• Western Arabian Gulf 50°E27°N
• Reunion Island 56°E21°S
• Chagos Archipelago 72°E6°S
• Maldives 73°E5°N
• Andaman Sea 99°E8°N
• Christmas Island 106°E11°S
• Coral Bay-Point Quobba 113°E24°S
• Shark Bay-Dirk Hartog Island 114°E26°S
• Muiron Island-Ningaloo 114°E22°S
• Houtman Abrolhos 114°E29°S
• Kalbarri-Port Gregory 114°E28°S
• Port Denison-Jurien Bay 115°E30°S
• Rottnest Island 115°E32°S
• Lancelin-Rockingham 116°E32°S
• Rowley Shoals 119°E18°S
• Pescadores Islands 120°E24°N
• Scott / Seringapatam Reefs 122°E14°S
• Oshima Island 134°E34°N
• Belau 135°E8°N
• Yap 138°E10°N
• Ogasawara Island 143°E26°N
• Papua New Guinea 144°E8°S
• Ifaluk 144°E7°N
• Southern Marianas 145°E14°N
• Northern Marianas 146°E18°N
• Great Barrier Reef 147°E18°S
• Kimbe Bay 151°E5°S
• Milne Bay 151°E10°S
• Truk 152°E7°N
• Capricorn-Bunker Group 152°E24°S
• Kapingamarangi 155°E1°N
• Pohnpei 158°E7°N
• Chesterfield Islands158°E20°S
• Lord Howe Island159°E32°S
• Kosrae163°E5°N
• New Caledonia165°E21°S
• Ouvea Atoll 167°E21°S
• Wake Island 167°E19°N
• Norfolk Island 168°E29°S
• Marshall Islands 171°E9°N
• Rotuma 177°E12°S
• Tuvalu 178°E8°S
• Kermadec Island 178°W30°S
• Midway Atoll 177°W28°N
• Samoa 171°W14°S
• Johnston Island 169°W17°N
• Hawaii 157°W21°N
• Society Islands 151°W17°S
• Austral Islands 150°W25°S
• Rapa144°W28°S
• Tuamotu Archipelago 144°W17°S
• Marquesas Islands 140°W10°S
• Henderson Island 129°W24°S
• Ducie Atoll 125°W25°S
• Revillagigedo 112°W19°N
• Gulf of California 111°W26°N
• Clipperton Atoll 109°W10°N
• Galapagos 89°W0°
• Cocos 88°W5°N
• Guatemala-Costa Rica 88°W13°N
• Malpelo 82°W4°N
• Gulf of Panama 79°W8°N

Answer 2

Coral reefs extend across long and wide swaths of areas across the world. There is NO one specific location of "the" coral reef. In fact, "coral reef" is such a non-specific area that normally, we would not note longitude and latitudes for every site.

The only way we have any location identifiers is from scientists studying fish or coral populations. Here is one such list of JUST those specific sites:

Regional-Scale Assembly Rules and Biodiversity of Coral Reefs
David R. Bellwood and Terry P. Hughes: Supplementary Material.

Note 11. Fish and coral family data: families and locations evaluated.

Fish Families
Labridae
Pomacentridae
Serranidae
Blenniidae
Apogonidae
Chaetodontidae
Acanthuridae
Scaridae
Holocentridae
Lutjanidae
Pomacanthidae
Scorpaenidae
Lethrinidae

Supplemental Table 1. Locations of coral reefs used in assessing species composition of fish families.

Location Longitude Latitude

• Red Sea 36°E25°N
• Western Arabian Gulf 50°E27°N
• Reunion Island 56°E21°S
• Chagos Archipelago 72°E6°S
• Maldives 73°E5°N
• Andaman Sea 99°E8°N
• Christmas Island 106°E11°S
• Coral Bay-Point Quobba 113°E24°S
• Shark Bay-Dirk Hartog Island 114°E26°S
• Muiron Island-Ningaloo 114°E22°S
• Houtman Abrolhos 114°E29°S
• Kalbarri-Port Gregory 114°E28°S
• Port Denison-Jurien Bay 115°E30°S
• Rottnest Island 115°E32°S
• Lancelin-Rockingham 116°E32°S
• Rowley Shoals 119°E18°S
• Pescadores Islands 120°E24°N
• Scott / Seringapatam Reefs 122°E14°S
• Oshima Island 134°E34°N
• Belau 135°E8°N
• Yap 138°E10°N
• Ogasawara Island 143°E26°N
• Papua New Guinea 144°E8°S
• Ifaluk 144°E7°N
• Southern Marianas 145°E14°N
• Northern Marianas 146°E18°N
• Great Barrier Reef 147°E18°S
• Kimbe Bay 151°E5°S
• Milne Bay 151°E10°S
• Truk 152°E7°N
• Capricorn-Bunker Group 152°E24°S
• Kapingamarangi 155°E1°N
• Pohnpei 158°E7°N
• Chesterfield Islands158°E20°S
• Lord Howe Island159°E32°S
• Kosrae163°E5°N
• New Caledonia165°E21°S
• Ouvea Atoll 167°E21°S
• Wake Island 167°E19°N
• Norfolk Island 168°E29°S
• Marshall Islands 171°E9°N
• Rotuma 177°E12°S
• Tuvalu 178°E8°S
• Kermadec Island 178°W30°S
• Midway Atoll 177°W28°N
• Samoa 171°W14°S
• Johnston Island 169°W17°N
• Hawaii 157°W21°N
• Society Islands 151°W17°S
• Austral Islands 150°W25°S
• Rapa144°W28°S
• Tuamotu Archipelago 144°W17°S
• Marquesas Islands 140°W10°S
• Henderson Island 129°W24°S
• Ducie Atoll 125°W25°S
• Revillagigedo 112°W19°N
• Gulf of California 111°W26°N
• Clipperton Atoll 109°W10°N
• Galapagos 89°W0°
• Cocos 88°W5°N
• Guatemala-Costa Rica 88°W13°N
• Malpelo 82°W4°N
• Gulf of Panama 79°W8°N