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Frederick Reefs

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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.

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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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