Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs form the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve, located at the south-eastern end of the Coral Sea Islands, an Australian territory in the Coral Sea and the north-western Tasman Sea. They are managed by the Government of Australia under the Natural Heritage Trust. They also form a Ramsar site, having been listed as Ramsar Site 1223, on 21 October 2002, under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.
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