Coral Sea

American  

noun

1. a part of the S Pacific, bounded by NE Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the New Hebrides: U.S. naval victory over the Japanese, May 1942.

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Coral Sea British  

noun

1. the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu

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Coral Sea

Researchers expect to discover more species new to science during an upcoming CSIRO-led voyage on RV Investigator to survey the deep-sea biodiversity of the Coral Sea Marine Park for Parks Australia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025

Eleven more islands in the Coral Sea off the Queensland coast were classed as facing high risk.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023

In future expeditions, my colleagues and I plan to return to other deep reefs in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea to continue to learn more about and better protect these habitats.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022

Both ships were now in the Coral Sea, east of Australia, it said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

I had almost everything at this point: an envelope of money, phone numbers for two different taxi services—the Cairns Cab Company and the Coral Sea Coach shuttle service.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin