Pandora Reef
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.[1] The name Pandora Reef dates back to at least 1889.[2]
The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea. The GBRMPA designation is 18-051.[3] Zoned as a Marine National Park, fishing is not permitted, although diving and photography are allowed.
Aerial photos & maps
- Pandora Reef is at coordinates [4]
- Google, Inc. Google Maps – Pandora Reef, the island, and Pandora Reef, the reef (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x697e38806aaa05b1:0xf00eef262612d90&q=Pandora+Reef,+Queensland,+Australia. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- Google, Inc. Google Maps – satellite view of Pandora Reef (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pandora+Reef,+Queensland,+Australia&t=k&z=15&om=1. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
See also
References
- ^ "Launch Party Missing,". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) (Qld.: National Library of Australia): p. 5. 5 August 1925. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40505693. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1889). Australia directory, Volume 2. p. 300. http://books.google.com/books?id=qD8ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA300. Retrieved 2011-10-03. "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 cresent-shaped coral grit bank, 2 feet above high water; on the western point is a smaller bank, about one foot above high water."
- ^ "Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Detailed maps, MPZ8 - Townsville". Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 24 April 2006. http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/management/zoning/zoning_maps.html. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Place names search, Geoscience Australia, QLD26001 (Place name = "Pandora Reef", click search, click QLD26001)". Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
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