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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]

Pandora Reef

Geography
Coordinates	18.81248°S 146.43312°E / -18.81248; 146.43312[1]
Administration
Australia
State	Queensland

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 and maps

• Google (8 January 2011). "Pandora Reef, the island, and Pandora Reef, the reef" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
• Google (8 January 2011). "satellite view of Pandora Reef" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

See also

• Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
• Fly Island

References

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. doi:10.1007/s00338-007-0265-3. S2CID 21247413. Coral communities were monitored at Pandora Reef, nearshore Great Barrier Reef from 1981 to 2005 using photography and videography. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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