Coral Sea


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Pacific Sea Coral Sea

Coral Sea, SW arm of the Pacific Ocean, bet. Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu. The Great Barrier Reef lies along its W edge. During World War II it was the scene of a major U.S. victory against the Japanese in 1942; the battle, fought by aircraft near the Louisiade Archipelago, checked the S expansion of the Japanese.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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