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Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 059              
Title         :CORAL SEA ISLANDS 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
Keywords 3    : 
| CORAL SEA ISLANDS 
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CORAL SEA ISLANDS 
Affiliation: (territory of Australia) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Location: Oceania, just off the northeast coast of Australia in the Coral 
Sea 
 
Map references: Oceania 
 
Area: 
 
total area: less than 3 km2 
 
land area: less than 3 km2 
 
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area 
of about 1 million km2, with Willis Islets the most important 
 
Land boundaries: 0 km 
 
Coastline: 3,095 km 
 
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm 
 
territorial sea: 3 nm 
 
International disputes: none 
 
Climate: tropical 
 
Terrain: sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays) 
 
Natural resources: negligible 
 
Land use: 
 
arable land: 0% 
 
permanent crops: 0% 
 
meadows and pastures: 0% 
 
forest and woodland: 0% 
 
other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) 
 
Irrigated land: 0 km2 
 
Environment: subject to occasional tropical cyclones; no permanent fresh 
water; important nesting area for birds and turtles 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 3 meteorologists 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Names: 
 
conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory 
 
conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands 
 
Digraph: CR 
 
Type: territory of Australia administered by the Ministry for Arts, Sport, 
the Environment, Tourism, and Territories 
 
Capital: none; administered from Canberra, Australia 
 
Independence: none (territory of Australia) 
 
Flag: the flag of Australia is used 
 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorages only 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the 
Royal Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors 
 
 
 
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July, 1994, SuDoc No. C 1.88:994/7/v.1-2 / R. Muns, UM-St. Louis Libraries 
Local Filename: WF940058.TXT