El mar del Coral se encuentra situado en el oeste del océano Pacífico, frente a la costa nororiental de Australia. En el mismo se encuentra una serie de islas deshabitadas que llevan el nombre de Islas del Mar del Coral, entre las que se encuentran los islotes de Willis, Coringa y Tregosse. El mar del Coral toma el nombre de su rasgo más característico, la Gran Barrera de Coral, que es el mayor arrecife coralino del mundo. De acuerdo con la Organización Hidrográfica Internacional, se fija convencionalmente el límite entre el mar de Tasmania y el mar del Coral en la continuación de la frontera entre los estados australianos de Queensland y Nueva Gales del Sur. El territorio es una posesión de Australia, administrada desde Canberra por el Departamento Australiano del Medio Ambiente (Australian Department of the Environment).

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The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. It is bounded in the west by the east coast of Queensland, thereby including the Great Barrier Reef, in the east by Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides) and by New Caledonia, and in the northeast approximately by the southern extremity of the Solomon Islands. In the northwest, it reaches to the south coast of eastern New Guinea, thereby including the Gulf of Papua. It merges with the Tasman Sea in the south, with the Solomon Sea in the north and with the Pacific Ocean in the east. On the west, it is bounded by the mainland coast of Queensland, and in the northwest, it connects with the Arafura Sea through the Torres Strait. The sea is characterised by its warm and stable climate, with frequent rains and tropical cyclones. It contains numerous islands and reefs, as well as the world's largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. All previous oil exploration projects were terminated at the GBR in 1975, and fishing is restricted in many areas. The reefs and islands of the Coral Sea are particularly rich in birds and aquatic life and are a popular tourist destination, both nationally and internationally.

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