Part of the Pacific Ocean lying between NE
Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. It contains
numerous coral islands and reefs. The Coral
Sea Islands are a Territory of Australia;
they comprise scattered reefs and islands
over an area of about 1,000,000 sq km. They
are uninhabited except for a meteorological
station on Willis Island. The Great Barrier
Reef lies along its western edge.