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Osprey Reef

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Osprey Reef is a submerged atoll in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia, and part of the Northwestern Group of the Coral Sea Islands. It is roughly oval in outline, measuring about 25 by 12 kilometers with a perimeter of 69.5 kilometers, and covers around 195 square kilometers. Its central lagoon reaches a depth of only 30 meters.

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