Batt Reef
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[1]
Geography
Batt Reef is centred at Template:Coord[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 Template:Convert east of the Low Islets (Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn Template:Convert east of Newell Beach and Template:Convert northeast of Port Douglas.
History
The area received a high level of media attention following the death of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin on 4 September 2006 from a stingray attack, while filming an underwater documentary entitled Ocean's Deadliest.