Dart Reefs

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Dart Reef
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Dart Reef
Location of Dart Reef north-east of Papua New Guinea
Geography
Coordinates 9°34′59.99″S150°11′00″E / 9.5833306°S 150.18333°E / -9.5833306; 150.18333
Type Reef
Adjacent to Milne Bay
Administration
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Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg

The Dart Reefs is a group of reefs in the central area of the Ward Hunt Strait in Milne Bay Province of southeastern Papua New Guinea. [1]

The reefs are ribbon-like structured patch reefs.

They are located approximately 15 km from New Guinea island, and the same distance from Goodenough Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands archipelago.

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References

  1. Dart Reefs geoview.info