Great Barrier Reef in 1770: Cook on the shelf
The limit for Great Barrier Reef is written in 1770 as “Cook on the shelf.” The figure to read with it is 2. This page sells no certificate and books no boat. Say whether 2 is depth, temperature, a flag, or stamina. The world's largest coral-reef system: GBRMPA zoning, a 1981 UNESCO listing, and snorkel pontoons that sit beside wrecks like the Yongala.
The Great Barrier Reef is a coral province off Queensland, managed as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park since 1975 and inscribed by UNESCO in 1981. It is not one snorkel stop: ribbon reefs, coral cays, inshore islands and a few historic wrecks sit under the same zoning maps GBRMPA publishes.
Wow factor is at the top of this atlas. Seasonality is high because of the summer stinger (box-jellyfish) window, cyclone risk and the difference between a calm cay and a Coral Sea wall. Accessibility is middling: Cairns and the Whitsundays run day boats; outer ribbon reefs and the Yongala are longer, weather-bound trips.
This chapter is a place atlas, not a certifying agency, not medical advice, and not a live briefing. Zoning, stinger suits and the day's wind override any sentence here. Destination pages are season and access notes — not a booking engine. Visa, park fees and live weather beat brochure months.
Say Great Barrier Reef with 1770, “Cook on the shelf,” and 2. The figure is not a booking rank.1770
Figures to keep
- Year of the limit
- 1770
- Water figure
- 2
- Topic
- Great Barrier Reef
- Field line
- Cook on the shelf