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NASA picture of the Lihou Reef
Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is a former marine protected area covering an area of 8440 km 2 in the Australian Coral Sea Islands Territory that was incorporated into the new Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve in December 2012.[1] Together with the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve , from which it is separated by about 100 km of open ocean, it forms the Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site , designated on 16 August 2002, listing it under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.[2]
History [ edit ]
Lihou Reef and its cays were discovered by Lieutenant John Lihou, R.N. , on 23 February 1823. Lihou, then Master of the brig-sloop HMS Zenobia , was on passage from Manila to South America . After a hazardous passage through the reef, the ship departed the Great Barrier Reef via an opening near Murray Islands . On 23 February, the Lihou Reefs were sighted.[3]
Description [ edit ]
Lighthouse
Lihou Reef is the second largest atoll by total size in the Coral Sea , after the Chesterfield Islands (not counting the completely submerged Lansdowne Bank in the easternmost reaches of the Coral Sea). It is U-shaped, with an opening in the south-west. The size of the lagoon is about 100 by 30 km, with an area of 2529 km 2 , making the atoll one of the largest in the world. Nevertheless, the total land area of the islets and cays is little more than a square kilometre. The lagoon is up to 60 m deep. The reserve contains 18 islets and cays , 9 each on the Northern Rim and the Southern Rim, ranging in size from 5,000 to 168,000 m2 .
Northern Rim [ edit ]
Total land area 560,000 m2 ; the islets on the Northern Rim are, from southwest to northeast (clockwise):
Juliette Cay (78,000 m2 )
Kathy Cay (40,000 m2 )
Lorna Cay (168,000 m2 )
Little Margaret Cay (10,000 m2 )
Margaret Cay (30,000 m2 )
Turtle Islet (31,000 m2 )
Middle Cay (78,000 m2 )
Observatory Cay (88,000 m2 )
Licklick Cay (40,000 m2 )
Only Lorna Cay and Turtle Islet are vegetated. Turtle Islet reaches a height of 6 m, and Observatory Cay 2 m.
Southern Rim [ edit ]
Total land area 470,000 m2 .
The islets on the Southern Rim are, from northeast to southwest (clockwise):
Anne Cay, "No 1 Cay" (112,000 m2 )
Betty Cay, "No 2 Cay" (37,000 m2 )
Carol Cay, "No 3 Cay" (5,000 m2 )
Dianna Cay, "No 4 Cay" (16,000 m2 )
Fanny Cay, "No 5 Cay" (7,000 m2 )
Edna Cay, "No 6 Cay" (73,000 m2 )
Helen Cay, "No 7 Cay" (10,000 m2 )
Georgina Cay, "No 8 Cay" (105,000 m2 )
Nellie Cay, "No 9 Cay" (104,000 m2 )
Only the largest three of the Southern Rim, Anne Cay , Georgina Cay and Nellie Cay , are vegetated. Just northeast of Anne Cay is the Herald Passage into the lagoon.
References [ edit ]
^ "The Annotated Ramsar List: Australia" . The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. 4 January 2000. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010 .
^ Source: Hydrographic Service - Royal Australian Navy. (M.A. BOLGER. Lieutenant Commander RAN for DIRECTOR HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. 19 July 1985)
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Coral Sea Islands Territory" . The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 7 November 2016 .
^ NGA List of Lights – Pub.111 Retrieved 7 November 2016
External links [ edit ]
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lihou_Reef_National_Nature_Reserve&oldid=1133238790 "
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