Tags: World Heritage Site.
The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific and is the second-longest double-barrier coral reef in the world after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.The New Caledonia Barrier reef surrounds Grande Terre New Caledonia’s largest island as well as the Ile des Pins and several smaller islands reaching a length of 1500 kilometres (930 mi). The reef encloses a lagoon of 24000 square kilometres (9300 sq mi) which has an average depth of 25 meters (82 ft).
