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Frederick Reefs

Coastal and Reef Features

Frederick Reef is a reef in the Coral Sea Islands, more than 220 nautical miles northeast of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. It was named in 1812 by Captain Joseph Savigny of the ship Frederick, who was the first to report sighting it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Oceanography via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Frederick Reefs
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Frederick Reefs (Wikipedia)
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Frederick Reef is in the Coral Sea Islands, over 220 nautical miles (410 km) northeast of Gladstone, Queensland.
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Wikidata: Frederick Reefs
Wikidata Q5498608, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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