Batt Reef

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

Batt Reef is centred at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[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 Script error: No such module "convert". east of the Low Islets (Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn Script error: No such module "convert". east of Newell Beach and Script error: No such module "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.

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