[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Great Barrier Reef, Northern Reefs [{Image src='680as.jpg' width='540' height='737' caption='Image courtesy of NASA. ' popup='false' alt='Great Barrier Reef, Northern Reefs' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Great Barrier Reef, Northern Reefs'}] \\ A closer view of some of the northern reefs in the Great Barrier Reef [{GoogleMap location='Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australien' zoom='9'}] where the continental shelf is relatively narrow and the reefs closer to shore.