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Endeavour Reef

Coastal and Reef Features

Endeavour Reef is a coral reef within the Great Barrier Reef, located in the Shire of Cook in Queensland, Australia. On 11 June 1770 the HM Bark Endeavour, under the command of Lieutenant James Cook, struck the reef and ran aground. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Protected Status
Locally or Regionally Protected 1
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In Discipline

Oceanography, Disciplines

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: Endeavour Reef
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Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Endeavour Reef
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Endeavour Reef, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN
  • name_eng and desig_eng
    "name_eng": "Eastern Kuku Yalanji", "desig_eng": "Indigenous Protected Area"
  • desig_eng, designation 24 of the point search
    "name_eng": "Great Barrier Reef", "desig_eng": "Marine Park"
  • desig_eng, designation 25 of the point search
    "name_eng": "Great Barrier Reef", "desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
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Endeavour Reef (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead section
Endeavour Reef is a coral reef within the Great Barrier Reef.
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Wikidata: Endeavour Reef
Wikidata Q1340302, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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