ocr: CORALSEA ISLANDS Status: Australian external territory Claimed: 1969 Capital: None Population: 3 - THE TERRITURY OF THE Coral Sea Islands is a group ofreets and islands scattered over an area ofnearly 400,000 sq.1 miles off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Uninhabited except for a manned weather station on Willis Island, the islands tunction as a large nature reserve. They provide sanctuary, in particular, to a number of: rare seabirds and turtles.
