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Lagoons and Reefs of New Caledonia
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NASA image acquired May 10, 2001 In July 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 27 new areas to its list of World Heritage sites. One of those areas included the lagoons of New Caledonia. Some 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) east of Australia, this French-governed archipelago contains the world’s third-largest coral reef structure. The coral reefs enclose the waters near the islands in shallow lagoons of impressive biodiversity.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLagoons and Reefs of New Caledonia. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001883.
