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Kenn Reef

Coastal and Reef Features

Kenn Reef is a submerged coral atoll off the Pacific coast of Queensland, Australia, measuring about 15 by 8 kilometers and appearing in outline as a backward-facing L or a boot shape. The reef covers roughly 40 square kilometers and carries an islet called Observatory Cay, about 2 meters above the high tide line, in its southeastern part. 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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Volcanism, Processes
Source Kenn Reef (Wikipedia)

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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: Kenn Reef
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Australia

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Source Wikidata: Kenn Reef
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Kenn Reef (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Kenn Reef is a submerged coral atoll off the Pacific coast of Queensland, Australia.
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead sentence
    The atoll is believed to be volcanic in origin being on top of one of the Tasmantid Seamounts.
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Wikidata: Kenn Reef
Wikidata Q6389491, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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