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	atoll - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		One of the largest atolls is also Lihou Reef in the Coral Sea, with a lagoon of 2500 km (which contrasts to a minuscule land area of 0.91 km).
		The southernmost atolls of the world are Elizabeth Reef at 2958' South, and nearby Middleton Reef at 2929', in the Tasman Sea, which both belong to the Coral Sea Islands Territory.
		The fringing reef becomes a barrier reef for the reason that the outer part of the reef maintains itself near sea level through biotic growth, while the inner part of the reef falls behind, becoming a lagoon where conditions are less favorable for the calcareous algae responsible for most reef growth.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/atoll (948 words)

	Coral Sea Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are about 30 separate reefs and atolls, 12 of them wholly submerged or drying only during low tide, and 18 others with a total of about 51 islets and cays (18 alone on the atoll Lihou Reef and Cays), some of which are vegetated.
		Lihou Reef and Cays (largest atoll in the coral sea, with a size of 2500 km², land area 0.91 km²)
		Lihou Reef was declared a Nature Reserve on August 16, 1982, with an area of 8440 km².
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands (1579 words)

	Atoll - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the largest atolls is also Lihou Reef in the Coral Sea, with a lagoon of 2500 km² (which contrasts to a minuscle land area of 0.91km²).
		He reasoned that a fringing coral reef surrounding avolcanic island in the tropical sea will grow upwards as the island subsides (sinks), eventually becoming a barrier reef island(as typified by an island such as Bora Bora and others in the Society Islands).
		The fringing reef becomes a barrier reef for the reasonthat the outer part of the reef maintains itself near sea level through biotic growth, while the inner part of the reef falls behind, becoming a lagoon where conditions are less favorable for the calcareous algaeresponsible for most reef growth.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Atoll (764 words)

	Coral Sea Islands & Reefs : Lihou Reef
		Lihou Reef (often referred to as Lihou Reef and Cays) is a huge horseshoe-shaped reef, located in the Coral Sea 575 km southeast of the Queensland city of Cairns — far beyond the boundaries of the Great Barrier Reef.
		The vegetated cays are Turtle Islet, Lorna Cay, and along the southern arm of the reef Georgina Cay, Nellie Cay and Anne Cay.
		Two of the cays of Lihou Reef have scientific installations installed: there is an automatic weather station on Turtle Islet (at the north-western end of the lagoon) and off the eastern tip of the reef a solar-powered navigation beacon has been set up.
	oceandots.com /pacific/coralsea/lihou.htm (352 words)

	Management of Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
		The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve was proclaimed on 16 August 1982 in order to protect the Reserve's natural communities and species, and to maintain and protect all natural processes in an undisturbed state.
		The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is managed under a joint management plan with the nearby Coringa-Herald Reef National Nature Reserve.
		Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is assigned by this plan to IUCN category Ia — strict nature reserve.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/lihou/management.html (256 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Coral Sea Islands
		There are about 30 separate reefs and atolls, 14 of them wholly submerged or drying only during low tide, and 16 others with a total of 49 islets and cays (18 alone on the atoll Lihou Reef and Cays), some of which are vegetated.
		Herald Cays, Northeast Cay (encircled by a reef of 3 by 3 km, area 6 km²)
		Herald Cays, Southwest Cay (4 km Southwest of Northeast Cay, encircled by a reef of 2 by 2 km, area 3 km²)
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Coral_Sea_Islands (1648 words)

	Aquaristic Journey #3 Aquarium.Net Dec 96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Even the nearest reefs are located 250 km from the shore, and the distances between each reefs are large.
		Outside Flinders Cay the reef is just visible in the strong wind, and although it is impossible to dive there, a skin dive in the lagoon on the leeward side sounds interesting.
		Bougainville Reef is a small reef situated halfway between Flinders Reef and Osprey Reef and is easily reached during one night travel.
	www.reefs.org /library/aquarium_net/1296/1296_3.html (2720 words)

	AIMS Research - Marine Surveys - Lord Howe Island - Executive Summary
		The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (Reserve) is one of two protected areas in the Coral Sea region.
		It is clear that the reefs of the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve are under significant pressure, especially from the effects of coral bleaching and cyclones.
		This highlights the importance of maintaining a proportion of the reefs in the region as strict nature reserves (at present: Coringa-Herald NNR and Lihou Reef NNR) in an attempt to maintain the long-term viability of these habitats, ecosystems and native species, by preventing additional human impacts.
	www.aims.gov.au /pages/research/marine-surveys/lihou-reef-surveys-march2004/executive-summary.html (740 words)

	Pacific Ocean : Coral Sea Islands & Reefs
		It stretches from Osprey Reef in the north to the Saumarez Reefs in the south.
		To the south are the Bellona Reefs and Observatory Cay.
		The reefs and cays of the eastern Coral Sea are extremely remote and as a result have been little explored.
	oceandots.com /pacific/coralsea (679 words)

	Midnight Oil
		One of these expeditions is known to have restricted its probing to outside the marine park boundaries and four are known to have done at least some of their probing on the reef.
		Lasseter's Reef may have been found in the form of the Townsville Trough - the possibility of more oil than Bass Strait in an ancient sedimentary basin that starts under the Great Barrier Reef and pokes out between the pristine and partly protected Lihou Reef and Marion Reef formations in the Coral Sea.
		The two technical commissioners recommended allowing drilling close to reefs with safeguards, but chairman Gordon Wallace urged a moratorium on all drilling in the reef region until the results of short and long-term research were known.
	www.geocities.com /finno61/moil.html (2376 words)

	Environment News Service ENS Latest Environmental Information Education Current Issues RSS
		The proposed survey area goes to the boundary of the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve and within five kilometers (three miles) of the remote and pristine Marion Reef.
		Reef protection is a joint state and federal government responsibility, and Premier Peter Beattie of Queensland, the state bordering the Great Barrier Reef, has expressed opposition to the exploration and drilling.
		Following discussions with reef experts, WWF marine conservation staff from 20 countries around the world agreed on the need for the Australian and Queensland governments to work cooperatively to reduce threats to the reef.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/aug2001/2001-08-21-05.asp (848 words)

	Shark Conservation
		Separated from Australia's continental shelf by the deep water Queensland Trough, Osprey is the Northernmost reef on the Coral Sea (Queensland) plateau.
		Osprey is an outstanding example of an oceanic reef, with unique topographical features and populations of big fish species not usually encountered elsewhere.
		Osprey Reef is internationally renowned for its outstanding water clarity and its spectacular underwater scenery-including 1000 metre walls, caves and overhangs.
	www.sharkresearch.com /conservation.htm (996 words)

	Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
		The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is located in the Coral Sea, some 630 kilometres east south-east of Cairns, far north Queensland.
		The reserve comprises of about 8440 square kilometres of seabed and a horseshoe shaped reef system containing 18 cays.
		Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is only 100km from Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve and together they lie in a remote oceanic environment on the Coral Sea Plateau, which is separated from the Great Barrier Reef by an area of deep water known as the Queensland Trough.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/lihou (112 words)

	Coral Sea Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They are scattered coral reefs and sand cays with large populations of seabirds.
		With hundreds of species of corals and fishes frequently found on a single reef, metre for metre these undersea ecosystems may even exceed tropical rain forests as the most species-rich places on Earth.
		The low-lying group, all of coralline limestone and many fringed by coral reefs, comprises four larger islands, Kiriwina (Trobriand), Kaileuna, Vakuta, and Kitava, and several islets, with a total land...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9026233 (993 words)

	Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches
		Our concern is that a lot of the exploration interest and a lot of the current research activity is occurring around the fringes of the park and, in particular, affecting some of the isolated reefs in the Coral Sea, such as the Lihou Reef and other reefs as well.
		There is quite a lot of evidence to indicate that there are in fact significant reserves of oil adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, particularly in the Townsville Trough area and other areas which are very close to the boundaries of the marine park and underneath it.
		We are quite disappointed in some respects that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has been failing in its obligations to protect the park, either through complicity or disregard for the evidence that a lot of this exploration work is in fact not for scientific purposes.
	www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=996&display=1 (1898 words)

	John Harding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Such was the population of reef fish during the 1950's and 1960's.
		During one Swain Reefs expedition they caught, shot with a revolver and photographed a ten foot tiger shark, later speared with the needle sharp and barbless killer spear, then an experimental anti-shark defense-attack device.
		The boat was saved by Wally running her aground at low tide on the gamble that by high tide the storm would have passed and he'd be able to her float free.
	www.thejohnharding.com /archives/archive-052005.htm (5191 words)

	Lihou Reef and Cays - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lihou Reef and Cays is the largest atoll by total size in the Coral Sea.
		The atoll and the waters around were declared, on August 16, 1982, the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve, with a total area of 8440 km², to protect wildlife.
		There is a total of 18 islets and cays, 9 each on the Northern Rim and on the Southern Rim.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/wiki/Lihou_Reef (362 words)

	My Family Tree
		However there is some evidence which links the family name with French origins, the church of Notre-Dame at Granville (see picture) is one example.
		Many are incomplete or lack information because of the difficulty in tracing records of a bygone age.
		In spite of errors etc the Lihou family have been associated with Guernsey for a very long time.
	www.guernsey.net /~mlihou/my_family_tree.htm (254 words)

	Federation and Meteorology, Radio Technical Officers, page 1201
		When I told him it was 650 kilometres east of Cairns way out in the Coral Sea his eyes rolled in his head and I swear he paled visibly as he came back with "look here, mate, this tub is only a river boat".
		The second trip to Lihou Reef, on the Cape Pillar, was a breeze.
		The reef and island is a very isolated spot only visited by huge turtles and one could visualise the odd yachtie or shipwrecked sailor.
	www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au /fam/1201.html (512 words)

	APP - Lihou Reef Tower and Aids to Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The establishment of an Outer Reef shipping route has enhanced safety of shipping through the Great Barrier Reef.
		The establishment of a 15 nautical mile light and a radar transponder beacon (racon) at Lihou Reef, 400 nautical miles east of Cairns.
		This involved the installation of a 33 metre high tower, with a self-contained power supply and aid to navigation equipment, near the edge of a coral reef.
	www.app.com.au /a/222.html (194 words)

	Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2001-02 - Part B: Program Performance Reports - Coasts and Marine: Australia's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Management plans came into force for Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (in one document) on 5 September 2001; Macquarie Island Marine Park on 26 September 2001; and Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve, Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve, all on 26 June 2002.
		Similar brochures were in preparation for the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve.
		A major survey of the Benthic Protection Zone to develop a performance assessment strategy commenced, as did a study of fishing data to develop a sustainable use strategy and an analysis of the potential impacts of mining operations on marine mammals.
	www.nht.gov.au /publications/annrpt0102/coasts-10.html (1263 words)

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		Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve is located in the Timor Sea about 840 kilometres west of Darwin and 610 kilometres north of Broome.
		Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve is located in the Tasman Sea approximately 600 kilometres east of Coffs Harbour.
		The Great Barrier Reef is undisputed as one of the world’s most important natural assets.
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	lihou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kevin Lihou, MSM, and Donald Blain, MSM (The Canadian Railway Hall...
		The actions of Kevin Lihou and Donald Blain seconds before their train derailed and struck stationary railway equipment located...
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	lihou.networklive.org (262 words)

	Planet Ark
		The Australia government said it will review a proposal submitted by the TGO-NOPEC Co to perform a seismic survey about 50 kilometres outside the reef to see if it would trigger a Federal ban under recently enacted environmental protection legislation.
		However, of the whale and shark species that may visit the area where TGO-NOPEC wants to explore, only the humpback whale is is known to rest in the region, some 200 kms inshore of the work area, the submission said.
		Green turtles likely to nest on beaches of the the region's Lihou Reef will be well away from the exploration zone, it said.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9548 (443 words)

	ACF \| Australian Conservation Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ACF executive Director Don Henry said: "We are seeking an immediate and clear policy statement rejecting any possibility of oil exploration or the production of oil near one of the greatest wonders of the world and one of Australia's most treasured icons.
		"The Great Barrier Reef harbours some of the world's richest and most diverse marine ecosystems which could be devastated by seismic blasts and oil spills.
		North Queensland Conservation Council Coordinator Jeremy Tager, said the sole purpose of the project was to encourage exploration and drilling for oil and gas, with little regard for marine wildlife or the Great Barrier Reef.
	www.acfonline.org.au /asp/pages/document.asp?IdDoc=68 (482 words)

	Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas Managed by the Department of Environment and Heritage
		Information relating to GDA compliance and the creation of line work (note that for practical purposes WGS84 is considered equal to GDA94): - Coringa-Herald, Lihou Reef and Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserves are defined by sets of coordinates.
		Coordinates were accurately transformed using the National Transformation grid, and lines based on transformed coordinates were generated.
		No datum is specified in the proclamation, however, the Notice of Intent references WGS84 so the datum in the proclamation is assumed to be WGS84.
	www.marine.csiro.au /nddq/ndd_search.Browse_Citation?txtSession=359 (966 words)

	Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Oceanic islet and reef habitats, centered some 440km east of Cairns, Queensland, that are representative of the Coral Sea region and in near-pristine condition.
		Several islets within the site comprise undisturbed sandy habitat used for nesting by the globally endangered Green Turtle Chelonia mydas, along with forest and shrubland that supports important breeding populations of terns and other seabirds.
		Coral reef habitat within the site supports a distinct community of marine benthic flora and fauna, a relatively rich diversity of decapod crustacean and hydroid fauna, and significant feeding habitat for migratory shorebirds and seabirds.
	mainstream.com.au /CoralSea.htm (297 words)

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