Osprey Reef
![Bathymetric map of Osprey Reef, showing its location around 110 kilometres (68 mi) from the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef](/Images/godic/202501/31/Osprey_Reef_map2204.png")
![Acropora coral garden with giant clam at Raging Horn, Osprey Reef](/Images/godic/202501/31/Coral_Garden2205.jpg")
![Osprey Reef from the air, showing nautilus detection sites used in a 1998–2008 study by Dunstan et al.[1]](/Images/godic/202501/31/Osprey_Reef_-_Nautilus_sampling_and_tracking_detection_sites2205.png"){kind=tracking}
Osprey Reef is a submerged atoll in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Northwestern Group of the Coral Sea Islands. Osprey Reef is roughly oval in shape, measuring 25 by 12 kilometres (16 by 7 mi), and covers around 195 square kilometres (75 sq mi). It has a perimeter of 69.5 kilometres (43.2 mi). The central lagoon is only 30 metres (98 ft) deep.