 The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km (11 miles by 3 miles) 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 (Low and Woody Islands) which are in turn east of Newell Beach and northeast of Port Douglas.The area received a high level of media attention following the death of "The Crocodile Hunter" star Steve Irwin on 4 September 2006 while filming an underwater documentary entitled "Ocean's Deadliest".