Swain Reefs is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 703 km (437 mi) north of Brisbane. It was established in 1995, and covers an area of 0.58 km2...

Swain Reefs National Park (21°58′53″S 152°28′23″E / 21.98139°S 152.47306°E / -21.98139; 152.47306 (Swain Reefs National Park)) Not in a national park:...

in the far north of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and in the Swain Reefs (20–22 degrees south). Planar reefs are found in the northern and southern...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

of national parks within Australia that are managed by Australian, state and territory governments. The name may be a misnomer: nearly all parks are...

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all...

Approximately 250 kilometres (130 nmi; 160 mi) east of the Swain Reefs complex they form a narrow chain of reefs with small cays that extends for around 25 kilometres...

Wuthara Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is located 1,962 km northwest of Brisbane in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, about...

Three Islands and Three Islands Reef are part of the Three Islands Group National Park in Far North Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea, 1,581 km (982 mi)...

Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The park features untouched beaches, large sand...

Orpheus Island National Park is a national park on Orpheus Island, in North Queensland, Australia. The Aboriginal (possibly Nyawaygi) name for this island...

surrounding reefs have a rich marine fauna, including giant clams. Queensland portal Protected areas of Queensland "Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park". Michaelmas...

exclusive concession to exploit the guano on Lady Elliot Island, Wreck Reefs, Swain Reefs, Raine Island, Bramble Cay, Brampton Shoal, and Pilgrim Island to...

sanctuaries. Among them are expansive coral reefs, including some of the oldest Porites coral heads on earth, deep-water reefs, hydrothermal vent communities, and...

North East Island is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 700 km northwest of Brisbane. Queensland portal Protected areas of Queensland v t...

a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1269 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The park protects...

Maʼalpiku Island National Park is a national park at Iron Range in the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1,928 km (1,198 mi) northwest...

Two Islands and Two Islands Reef are part of the Three Islands Group National Park in Far North Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea, 1,590 km (990 mi)...

Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,250 km (780 mi) northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook...

and is reputed to be the most visited (popular) island National Park within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Green Island is a true coral cay...

The Springbrook National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. The 6,197-hectare (15...

Dalrymple is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1108 km northwest of Brisbane. The park has unique features such as ancient lava flows and the...

Girraween National Park is an area of the Granite Belt in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia reserved as a national park. Girraween is...

Family Islands National Park is an Australian national park comprising a group of continental islands lying a short distance off the coast, about midway...

The Piper Islands National Park is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1977 km northwest of Brisbane. It comprises four small islands...

Newry Islands is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 847 km northwest of Brisbane. It lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area...

The Lamington National Park is a national park, lying on the Lamington Plateau of the McPherson Range on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia...

Thumotang, formerly Mungkan Kandju National Park (and prior to that Archer Bend National Park), is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,914 kilometres...

number of coral reefs. Climate change is causing the reefs to suffer coral bleaching, in the summer of early 2024 over 97% of some reefs around the island...

The Curtain Fig National Park is a national park on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The National Park is located near Yungaburra...