Pandora Reef Explained

Pandora Reef is a low-lying island in addition to being an adjacent fringing reef. It is in Halifax Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is 13km (08miles) from the Greater Palm group.^[2] The name Pandora Reef dates back to at least 1889.^[3]

The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority designation is 18-051.^[4] Zoned as a Marine National Park, fishing is not permitted, although diving and photography are allowed.

See also

• Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
• Fly Island

Bibliography

• Done . Terry . Turak . Emre . Wakeford . Mary . Devantier . Lyndon . McDonald . Abbi . Fisk . David . 2007 . Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: Loss of resilience or too soon to tell? . Coral Reefs . 26 . 4 . 789–805 . 2007CorRe..26..789D . 10.1007/s00338-007-0265-3 . 21247413 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Place names search, Geoscience Australia, QLD26001 (Place name = "Pandora Reef", click search, click QLD26001) . 2011-01-08 . Australian Government, Geoscience Australia . AGGA,QLD26001.
2. News: Launch Party Missing . . Qld. . 5 August 1925 . 5 . National Library of Australia . 2011-01-08 . Cairns1925.
3. Book: Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept . Australia directory, Volume 2 . 1889 . 300 . Pandora reef, 5 1/2 miles West of Fly islet, is a dangerous coral reef, nearly three-quarters of a mile long east and west, and a quarter of a mile broad. On its eastern end is situated a crescent-shaped coral grit bank, 2 feet above high water; on the western point is a smaller bank, about one foot above high water. . 2011-10-03.
4. Web site: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Detailed maps, MPZ8 - Townsville . 2011-01-04 . 24 April 2006 . Australian Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.