Batt Reef is a

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off Port Douglas in

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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia.

Geography

Batt Reef is centred at and is part of the

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, A ...

. The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km (11 miles by 3 miles) wide, lying northwest to southeast, at the northern side of the

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that leads from the inner Reef channel from Trinity Bay to the

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. The north-west tip of the reef lies east of the Low Islets ( Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn east of Newell Beach and northeast of Port Douglas.

History

The area received a high level of media attention following the death of ''

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'' star Steve Irwin on 4 September 2006 from a stingray attack, while filming an underwater documentary entitled ''

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''.

References

Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Coastline of Queensland Uninhabited islands of Australia Islands of Far North Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub