Batt Reef

Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Batt Reef is centred at
The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km wide, lying northwest to southeast, at the northern side of the Trinity Passage that leads from the inner Reef channel from Trinity Bay to the Pacific Ocean. The north-west tip of the reef lies east of the Low Islets which are in turn east of Newell Beach and northeast of Port Douglas.

History

The area received a high level of media attention following the death of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin on 4 September 2006 from a stingray attack, while filming an underwater documentary entitled Ocean's Deadliest.