Talk:Great Barrier Reef

Inconsistent area figures: 348,700 km² (infobox) vs 344,400 km² (body text)

The article gives two different figures for the total area of the Great Barrier Reef. The infobox lists the area as 34,870,000 hectares (348,700 km²), but the body text states: "the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres." The difference of approximately 4,300 km² is about 1.2%, and the two figures are not attributed to different sources or definitions of the reef's extent. Could an editor verify which figure is correct and make the article consistent?

Rome (talk) 10:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)