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Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef is in Australia, in Queensland. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision, when it dates from (1981) and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
| What it is | UNESCO World Heritage Site |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| City or region | Queensland |
| Origin (P571) | 1981 |
| Coordinates | 16.4000 S, 145.8000 E |
| UNESCO World Heritage | Yes (site or site component) |
| Notability (sitelinks) | 156 |
The 5 closest notable attractions
| Attraction | Country | Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Tropics of Queensland | Australia | 89.0 |
| Kuk Swamp | Papua New Guinea | 1,191.4 |
| K'gari | Australia | 1,244.2 |
| Kakadu National Park | Australia | 1,477.0 |
| Gondwana Rainforests of Australia | Australia | 1,518.1 |
The closest neighbor is Wet Tropics of Queensland, 89.0 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
| Português | Grande Barreira de Coral |
|---|---|
| English | Great Barrier Reef |
| Español | Gran barrera de coral |
Source and method
| Source | Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09 |
|---|---|
| Distances | Haversine over 16.4000 S, 145.8000 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot |
| Notability | Great Barrier Reef: 156 sitelinks; closest neighbor Wet Tropics of Queensland at 89.0 km |
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