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Coral Sea Islands

Australian external territory
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World Factbook

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Geography
Location
Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia
Climate
tropical
Terrain
sand and coral reefs and islands (cays)
Natural resources
fish
Government
Legal system
the common law system of Australia applies
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Coral Sea Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,654 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Australia[3]
  • Country: Australia[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Coral Sea[5]
  • Instance of: external territory of Australia[6]
  • Official language: English[7]
  • Main regulatory text: Coral Sea Islands Act 1969[8]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Court of Norfolk Island[9]
  • Part of: Australia[10]
  • Commons category: Coral Sea Islands[11]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+10:00[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Coral Sea Islands[13], Category:Islands of the Coral Sea[14]
  • Population: 4[15]
  • Native label: Coral Sea Islands Territory[16]
  • Area: 10 km²[17]
  • Geography of topic: geography of the Coral Sea Islands[18]

Why It Matters

Coral Sea Islands has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Coral Sea Islands Act 1969. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Coral Sea Islands Act 1969. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Coral Sea Islands Act 1969. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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