Pandora Reef

Pandora Reef
Geography
Coordinates 18°48′45″S 146°25′59″E / 18.81248°S 146.43312°E / -18.81248; 146.43312Coordinates: 18°48′45″S 146°25′59″E / 18.81248°S 146.43312°E / -18.81248; 146.43312[1]
Administration
State Queensland

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.[2] The name Pandora Reef dates back to at least 1889.[3]

The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority designation is 18-051.[4] Zoned as a Marine National Park, fishing is not permitted, although diving and photography are allowed.

Aerial photos & maps

  • Google (2011-01-08). "Pandora Reef, the island, and Pandora Reef, the reef" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  • Google (2011-01-08). "satellite view of Pandora Reef" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Place names search, Geoscience Australia, QLD26001 (Place name = "Pandora Reef", click search, click QLD26001)". Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Launch Party Missing,". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  3. ↑ Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1889). Australia directory, Volume 2. p. 300. 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 crescent-shaped coral grit bank, 2 feet above high water; on the western point is a smaller bank, about one foot above high water.
  4. ↑ "Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Detailed maps, MPZ8 - Townsville". Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

Bibliography

  • "SpringerLink - Coral Reefs, Volume 26, Number 4. Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: loss of resilience or too soon to tell? Abstract". Springer, Part of Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 2011-10-03. Coral communities were monitored at Pandora Reef, nearshore Great Barrier Reef from 1981 to 2005 using photography and videography.
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