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A marginal sea of the southwestern Pacific off the northeastern coast of Australia, encompassing the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and numerous smaller reef systems and islets. It was the site of the pivotal 1942 naval Battle of the Coral Sea during the Second World War.
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