List of reefs

Locations of coral reefs around the world

This is an incomplete list of notable reefs.

Reefs

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Notes
African coral reefs		Red Sea to Madagascar		Consists of numerous coral reefs, mostly along the east and south coast of Africa. The reefs faces multiple threats such as untreated sewage, industrial run-offs, pollutants, and sediment flowing from rivers. Also, the 1997/98 El Nino destroyed 90% of the coral.
Amazon Reef		Off the coast of French Guinea and northern Brazil		The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long, and covering over 3,600 square miles (9,300 km2) of area.
Angria Bank		Off the coast of Vijaydurg, Maharashtra, India
Apo Reef		Mindoro Strait, Philippines		This is the Philippines' largest reef and the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system.
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park		Cozumel, Mexico		Part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Bar Reef		Kalpitiya peninsula, Sri Lanka		This coral reef has more biodiversity than in any of the waters of India. It is one of only a few pristine systems in Sri Lanka.
Belize Barrier Reef		Belize		This is the second biggest coral reef system on Earth, the largest being the Great Barrier Reef. It is a around 1/3 of the 900-km-long Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
Benares Shoals	250px	Peros Banhos atoll, northern Chagos Archipelago
Coral Triangle		Mainly Indonesia		Called the "Amazon of the seas", this is a large area defined within a triangular area in the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.
Daintree Reef		Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia		Named after geologist and photographer Richard Daintree, this system is adjacent to the Daintree Rainforest.
Darwin Mounds		Off the northwest coast of Scotland		Located around 1,000 m (3,280 feet) below the surface, this system consists of a big field of sand mounds.
Filippo Reef	250px	450 km east of Starbuck Island in the Pacific Ocean
Flinders Reef		Off Moreton Island in the Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia
French Frigate Shoals		Northwestern Hawaiian Islands		This is a 32-km-long, crescent-shaped reef maintained by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a field station within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Great Barrier Reef		Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia		Known as the largest in the world
Isla Pérez		Gulf of Mexico
Kingman Reef		North Pacific Ocean		Roughly triangular in shape
Lansdowne Bank		Coral Sea		This is one of the biggest banks on Earth.
Lyra Reef		Papua New Guinea
Maro Reef		Northwestern Hawaiian Islands		This reef is named after the ship Maro, captained by Captain Joseph Allen who discovered the reef in 1820.
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System		From the Yucatán Peninsula to Honduras		Also known as the Great Mayan Reef or Great Maya Reef, this is a World Heritage Site.
Mexico Rocks		Ambergris Caye, Belize		This area consists mainly of boulder corals and comprises about 100 Holocene patch reefs in a cluster on a ridge made of Pleistocene limestone.
Miami Terrace Reef	250px	Florida, United States		This is a deep reef system that lies at 200 to 600 meters below sea level.
Minami-Tori-shima		Japan
Minerva Reefs		Fiji and Tonga
Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park		Sarawak, Malaysia		This is a protected area and popular dive site.
New Caledonia Barrier Reef		New Caledonia		This is a double-barrier coral reef, and the second-longest on Earth, the longest being the Belize Barrier Reef.
Ningaloo Coast		Western Australia		A World Heritage Site, this reef is noted for whale sharks.
North East Reef		Western Australia
Osprey Reef		Coral Sea, Australia
Palancar Reef		Cozumel, Mexico		A popular diving location, this is part of the Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park.
Qixingyan (Taiwan)		Pingtung County, Taiwan		This is a shallow system with parts being visible at low tide. Many shipwrecks have occurred here.
Reunion Island's coral reef		Madagascar		Threatened in recent times by an increase in human exploitation as well as pollution
Røst Reef		Lofoten, Norway		This is the largest Lophelia reef known, and the biggest known deep-water coral reef system.
Scorpion Reef		Yucatán, Mexico		This reef is part of the Campeche Bank archipeligo.
Sha`b Abu Nuhas		Northern Red Sea		Considered a hazard to ships, this is a popular diving site.
South Sentinel Island		Andaman Islands
Sula Reef		Sør-Trøndelag, Norway		This reef is composed of Lophelia pertusa coral.
Tubbataha Reef		Sulu Sea		This reef system contains a very high density of different species and is designated a World Heritage Site.

See also

• Fringing reef
• Recreational dive sites
• Recreational diving
• Southeast Asian coral reefs
• The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs