!!!Coral Sea Islands: Geography
||Location|Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia
||Geographic Coordinates|18 00 S, 152 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-18.0,152.0' zoom='4'}]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|3,095 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
||Highest Mountains|
||Terrain|sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)
||Natural Hazards|occasional tropical cyclones
||Natural Resource|NEGL
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2011)
||Climate|tropical
||Irrigated Land|0 sq km (2011)
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|no permanent freshwater resources
||Environment - international agreements|NA
||Large Cities|
||Geography-note|important nesting area for birds and turtles