| Batt Reef Queensland | |
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 L-R looking south-east: Cape Kimberley, Snapper Island, Low Islets (Low and Woody Islands) with Batt Reef beyond | |
  Batt Reef | |
| Coordinates | 16°24′S145°46′E / 16.400°S 145.767°E |
| Area | 90 km2 (34.7 sq mi) |
| Location | 11 km (7 mi) NE of Port Douglas |
Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [1]
Batt Reef is centred at 16°24′S145°46′E / 16.400°S 145.767°E [2] The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km (11 miles by 3 miles) wide, lying northwest to southeast, at the northern side of the Trinity Passage that leads from the inner Reef channel from Trinity Bay to the Pacific Ocean. The north-west tip of the reef lies 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Low Islets (Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Newell Beach and 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of Port Douglas.
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