SYDNEY - Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in Sydney Harbor.

Emergency services were called to reports that a person had been seen in the water shortly before 11:30 pm on Monday near the inner-city suburb of Woolloomooloo on the harbor's southern shore, about 1.5 km from the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Sydney Opera House.

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Police officers arrived to find the body of a woman floating in the harbor. She was retrieved with the assistance of the water police and was declared deceased at the scene.

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She has not been formally identified but is believed to be in her 20s.

Local media reported that police will prepare a report on her death for the state coroner.