at low tide. There are large boulders around its edges, with a few sandbanks, which rise about above the water, on the west side. Seringapatam Reef covers an area of (including the central lagoon). Captain Edwin Courtenay of was on a whaling voyage when he discovered the reef on 23 August 1839. He named the reef for his ship. Browse Basin Liquefied Natural Gas Development Browse LNG was a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed by Woodside Petroleum, and included the Torosa gas field which lies underneath Scott Reef South and Scott Reef North. Coral Bleaching Scott Reef was extensively affected by coral bleaching in 2016 (during a global coral bleaching event), which killed approximately 80% of corals. This followed a previous extensive coral bleaching in 1998 during which "up to 80 per cent of Scott Reef corals died" but from which the reef did recover in the subsequent 10–15 years. Heat stress (indicated by NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Degree Heating Weeks metric) was the highest ever recorded in 2016. Nevertheless, given continuing and measurable climate change and the "direct correlation between increased temperatures and coral bleaching", the consequent increasing frequency of coral bleaching warrants concern that Scott Reef may not recover and survive from the 2016 bleaching event. References External links Sailing Directions, Vol. 175 Arrecifes e islas australianas en el Mar de Timor (Spanish) Further reading Berry, P.F. Ed. (1986) Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef, and Seringapatam Reef, North-western Australia Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, 0313-122X ; no. 25. Islands of Western Australia Indian Ocean atolls of Australia Reefs of the Indian Ocean Reefs of Australia