The Chesterfield Islands are a French archipelago of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea, about 550 kilometers northwest of Grande Terre. The group stretches 120 kilometers by 70 kilometers and consists of eleven uninhabited islets and numerous reefs with a combined land area of less than 10 square kilometers. 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 Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Chesterfield Islands, World Database on Protected Areas
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"name_eng": "Natural Park of the Coral Sea", "desig_eng": "Natural Park"
Chesterfield Islands (Wikipedia)
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The Chesterfield Islands (îles Chesterfield in French) are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea, 550 km (300 nmi) northwest of Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia.
Wikidata: Chesterfield Islands
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