important nesting area for birds and turtles
People
Coral Sea Islands
Population:
no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)
Government
Coral Sea Islands
Country name:
conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands
Dependency status:
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department
Legal system: