Global Distribution of Coral Reefs
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial
- No
- Format
- Shapefile
- Coverage
- Tropical and subtropical oceans
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Tags
UNEP-WCMC and WorldFish combined the Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project with the 2001 World Atlas of Coral Reefs.
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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial use
- No
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Download
- Coral reefs v4.1 (zip)
- Extent
- -180-3518035West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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