Question

The Great Barrier Reef is located in the
1. Pacific Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Mediterranean Sea
4. Atlantic Ocean

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Pacific Ocean

The correct answer is the Pacific Ocean.

• Great Barrier Reef, a complex of coral reefs, shoals, and islets in the Pacific Ocean off the northeastern coast of Australia that is the longest and largest reef complex in the world.

• The Great Barrier Reef extends in roughly a northwest-southeast direction for more than 2,000 km, at an offshore distance ranging from 16 to 160 km, and has an area of some 350,000 square km.
• The reef consists of some 2,100 individual reefs and some 800 fringing reefs (formed around islands or bordering coastlines).
• European exploration of the reef began in 1770 when the British explorer Captain James Cook ran his ship aground on it. The work of charting channels and passages through the maze of reefs, begun by Cook, continued during the 19th century.
• The Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928–29 contributed important knowledge about coral physiology and the ecology of coral reefs. A modern laboratory on Heron Island continues scientific investigations, and several studies have been undertaken in other areas.