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GREAT BARRIER REEF

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GREAT

GREAT BARRIER See also:
REEF (1)
REEF , a vast See also:

CORAL

coral See also:

REEF (1)

reef extending for 1200 M. along the See also:

north-See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia (q.v.) . The channel within it is protected from heavy seas by the reef, and is a valuable route of communication for See also:

COASTING

coasting steamers . The reef itself is alsotraversed by a number of navigable passages .

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