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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Example Sentences

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 2019 and 2020, I and a team of Australian scientists used the Schmidt Ocean Institute's remotely operated vehicle — a submarine named SuBastian — to explore the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2022

In a statement, however, the Coast Guard said the Oliver Henry had arrived in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday “following a patrol in parts of the Coral Sea and the Solomon Islands.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 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