Coral Sea - Wikipedia
WEBThe Coral Sea (French: Mer de Corail) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the French Natural Park of the Coral Sea ( French: Parc ...
Coral - Wikipedia
WEBCorals are colonial marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
Battle of the Coral Sea - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. Taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II , the battle was the first naval action in which the opposing fleets neither sighted nor fired upon one ...
Coral reef - Wikipedia
WEBMost reefs grow best in warm, shallow, clear, sunny and agitated water. Coral reefs first appeared 485 million years ago, at the dawn of the Early Ordovician, displacing the microbial and sponge reefs of the Cambrian. Sometimes called rainforests of the sea, shallow coral reefs form
Coral Sea - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBThe Coral Sea is a small sea off the north east coast of Australia. It has Queensland on its west side and the islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia on its east. On the north edge is the Solomon Islands, and in the south it joins the …
Battle of the Coral Sea | Facts, History, & Significance
WEB30 avr. 2024 · Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942), World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet thwarted the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea. The battle, fought primarily between aircraft and naval vessels, foreshadowed the kind of carrier warfare that marked later fighting in the Pacific War.
Coral Sea - Wikiwand
WEBThe Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the French Natural Park of the Coral Sea and the Australian Coral Sea Marine Park. The sea ...
Battle of the Coral Sea - NHHC
WEBThe Battle of the Coral Sea was the first time since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that the enemy’s seemingly relentless advance into the Pacific was checked. It was also the first major...
Bataille de la mer de Corail — Wikipédia
WEBLa bataille de la mer de Corail est une bataille navale de la guerre du Pacifique, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, qui opposa du 4 au 8 mai 1942 la marine impériale japonaise et les forces alliées navales et aériennes des États-Unis et de l’Australie.Cet affrontement est la première bataille uniquement aéronavale de l'histoire, dans laquelle les forces navales …
Coral Sea | Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
WEB8 avr. 2024 · Coral Sea, sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, extending east of Australia and New Guinea, west of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, and south of the Solomon Islands. It is about 1,400 miles (2,250 km) north-south and 1,500 miles east-west and covers an area of 1,849,800 square miles (4,791,000 square km).
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