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Capital | administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories |
Government | territory of Australia |
Area | less than 3 sq km of land, scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km |
Population | a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island |
Internet TLD | .au |
Time Zone | UTC +N |
The Coral Sea Islands are off the northeast coast of Australia, outside of the Great Barrier Reef.