Coral Sea

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Coral Sea Arm of the sw Pacific Ocean between the Great Barrier Reef off the e coast of Australia, Vanuatu (e) and New Guinea (nw). It was the scene of a US naval victory over the Japanese in 1942.

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Coral Sea

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Coral Sea a part of the western Pacific lying between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu, the scene of a naval battle between US and Japanese carriers in 1942.

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