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Reefs and Shoals of the Pacific and Australia

This group collects the Coastal and Reef Features subcategory's members in Australian and wider Pacific waters, led by the Great Barrier Reef and its component reefs off Queensland, plus reef and shoal features of Fiji, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and the Phoenix Islands and the Pacific coast of North America. This is the subcategory's second-largest region, spanning both the world's largest reef system and many smaller named Pacific reefs and shoals.

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Oceania 1
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Pacific Ocean 2
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1. Oceania (Wikipedia)
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Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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2. Pacific Ocean (Wikipedia)
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The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
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