Barrier Reef, THE GREAT

Barrier Reef, THE GREAT, an immense coral-reef extending along the NE. coast of Australia about 1200 miles, at a distance from the shore of from 10 to upwards of 100 miles, with but one safe passage for ships, Raines Inlet. See AUSTRALIA (p. 587), QUEENSLAND, and Saville-Kent, The Great Barrier Reef (1893), and for barrier reef in general, CORAL.