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Dangerous Reef

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Dangerous Reef is a small reef and island system in Spencer Gulf, South Australia, about 32.5 kilometers east-southeast of Port Lincoln, and the southernmost member of the Sir Joseph Banks Group. It consists of a chain of eroded granite or granite-gneiss rocks forming an isolated inselberg ridge dating to the Kimban Orogeny of roughly 1,600 to 1,800 million years ago, with a navigation light in place since 1911. The reef hosts a breeding colony of Australian sea lions and is known for the great white sharks that gather in its waters, making it a noted site for shark cage diving and a filming location for Blue Water, White Death and Jaws. 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 Oceanography via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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sed to film footage for Blue Water White Death and Jaws. The island has enjoyed protected area status since 1900 and it has been part of the Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservati
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