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Great Barrier Coral Reef, Queensland.

Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "On the northeast, off the coast of Queensland, is the Great Barrier Reef. This is the longest coral reef in the world. It is 1200 miles in length and has been built up by corals on the very edge of the eastern continental shelf. The channel between the reef and the mainland is 400 feet deep and in places about 70 miles wide."

 

Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides

 

Item Number: P217:set 039 021

 

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Uploaded on June 30, 2010
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