The Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve is located in the Southeast Queensland Bioregion in eastern Australia. Renowned for its cultural and ecological significance, the reserve contains the Great Sandy Strait, a Ramsar-listed wetland, and Fraser Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The reserve incorporates the largest Sand Island and coastal sand mass in the world.
Declaration Date: 2009
Country: Australia
Surface Area: 1,242,216 ha
Resident population: 163,400 inhabitants
Contact: Sheila Charlesworth Sheila.Charlesworth@bmrg.org.au
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