Coral Sea Islands

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• Coral Sea Islands

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• Australia
• Australia Subdivisions

Coral Sea Islands

Size: 400,000 square miles, but only a few square miles of land
Population: No permanent population. Three to four meteorologists are stationed at Willis Island. (source: CIA Factbook, 1999)
Status: became a territory of Australia in 1969