Grand Récif de Cook
- ISS006-E-26722
- 10 February 2003
- 22:25 UTC
Located off the northeast coast of Grande Terre (and extending for 180 km beyond) lies the Grand Récif de Cook. The reef is not as well developed as its western counterpart — the Récif des Français — and consists, in the main, of a series of broken reef segments separated by narrow channels. Only in its southern reaches does the reef form a continuous barrier.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
