Capricorn and Bunker Group

The Capricorn Group is one of the southernmost islands of the Great Barrier Reef off the Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. Further south lie only the bunker Group, which appears as a southern continuation of the Capricorn Group, and Lady Elliott Iceland southernmost island of the Great Barrier Reef.

Here are reefs such as Rock Cod Shoal, Irving Reef, Douglas Shoal, Haberfield Shoal, Guthrie Shoal Innamincka Shoal and that around 10 to 20 meters are permanently under water and never dry out, not counting.

The islands are very different in their size, ranging from 4.5 hectares (North Reef Iceland ) to 105 hectares ( Northwest Iceland ). The total area of ​​all islands is approximately 250 acres or 2.5 km ².

Main island, and to North West Iceland and masthead Iceland the third largest island, Heron Iceland, which has a research station, a holiday village and a small port. Otherwise, the islands are uninhabited, only the Lighthouse North Reef Lighthouse was manned until 1978.

The reefs and islands are part of the Capricornia Cays National Park -.

The name of the island group (and the national park ) is on the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ° 26'16 "S ) - English Tropic of Capricorn - back, which runs about 300 meters north of the main island of Heron Iceland by the group.

Reefs and islands

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