Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1981 som naturarv i Australia. Platsen hör till regionen Asia and the Pacific.

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UNESCOThe Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle, which are threatened with extinction.