Dampier Archipelago

Dampier Archipelago
The Dampier Archipelago and the Burrup Peninsula
Waters	Indian Ocean
Geographical location	20 ° 32 ′  S , 116 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 20 ° 32 ′  S , 116 ° 41 ′  E
Number of islands	42
Main island	Enderby Island
Total land area	185.60 km²
Residents	uninhabited

The Dampier Archipelago ( English Dampier Archipelago ) is an archipelago of 42 largely uninhabited islands and rocks on a lake area of ​​around 1,000 km². He is part of the Dampier Ward of the Local Government Area (county) Karratha City in the Western Australian region Pilbara . The Montebello Islands are 88 kilometers to the west .

The individual islands are very different sizes of about one hectare to 3290 hectares (Enderby Iceland). It is located in the eastern Indian Ocean in front of the city of Dampier . It got its name after the English privateer William Dampier , who sailed here in 1699 and named one of the islands Rosemary Island . After Dampier, the eastern Burrup Peninsula was formerly called Dampier Island by British settlers . The Mermaid Sound , the main waterway to Port Dampier, divides the archipelago into an eastern and western group.

Nördlichster point of the archipelago Cape Legendre on Legendre Iceland, at 20 ° 21 '20 "  S , 116 ° 49' 54"  O . Easternmost island is Delambre Island, westernmost Egret Island, and southernmost West Intercourse Island.

A field study by the Western Australia Museum with the participation of researchers from 15 nations revealed a biodiversity of around 3200 species for the area of ​​the archipelago. The biodiversity of the region is thus similar to that of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland. Most of the islands are under nature protection, but should be made accessible to ecotourism under certain conditions . The islands directly on the coast are partly industrial areas, East Intercourse Island belongs to the port of the city of Dampier.

The islands of the archipelago are home to one of the largest collections of Australian rock art , particularly rock carvings up to 30,000 years old , which are considered to be the largest collection of petroglyphs in the world. Until the 1860s there were places of worship of the Aboriginal tribe of Jaburrara on the islands, which members of other tribes also visited.

In 1868 up to 150 Jaburrara were killed during the Flying Foam massacre by the British colonizers after an incident on a pearl fishing boat, since then the islands have gradually been depopulated, and since 1963 at the latest they have been uninhabited.

The Dampier Archipelago and the Burrup Peninsula have been entered on the Australian National Heritage List as cultural assets worthy of protection since July 3, 2007 .

Islands

 Map with all coordinates of the Dampier Archipelago: OSM

Island (s) of the Dampier Archipelago Area in ha Coordinates location Enderby Island 3290 20 ° 36 ′ 30 ″  S , 116 ° 31 ′ 17 ″  E west Dolphin Island 3203 20 ° 29 ′ 39 ″  S , 116 ° 51 ′ 39 ″  E east West Intercourse Island 2300 20 ° 42 ′ 27 ″  S , 116 ° 36 ′ 27 ″  E south West Lewis Island 2082 20 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  S , 116 ° 37 ′ 37 ″  E west Legendre Island 1300 20 ° 23 '17 "  S , 116 ° 52' 50"  E east Rosemary Island 1062 20 ° 28 ′ 54 ″  S , 116 ° 35 ′ 37 ″  E west East Lewis Island 1018 20 ° 36 ′ 29 ″  S , 116 ° 39 ′ 38 ″  E west Angel Island 880 20 ° 29 ′ 11 "  S , 116 ° 48 ′ 34"  E east Gidley Island 845 20 ° 26 ′ 55 ″  S , 116 ° 49 ′ 16 ″  E east Dixon Island 500 20 ° 37 ′ 31 ″  S , 117 ° 3 ′ 51 ″  E east Collier Rocks 408 20 ° 24 ′ 28 ″  S , 116 ° 51 ′ 3 ″  E east Delambre Island 320 20 ° 26 ′ 48 ″  S , 117 ° 4 ′ 52 ″  E east East Intercourse Island 300 20 ° 39 ′ 12 ″  S , 116 ° 41 ′ 4 ″  E south unnamed (Gidley Islet) 259 20 ° 25 ′ 23 ″  S , 116 ° 49 ′ 20 ″  E east Malus Island 246 20 ° 31 ′ 4 ″  S , 116 ° 40 ′ 30 ″  E west Eaglehawk Island 140 20 ° 39 ′ 26 ″  S , 116 ° 26 ′ 26 ″  E west Hauy Island 105 20 ° 26 '4 "  S , 116 ° 58' 7"  O east Goodwyn Island 65 20 ° 32 ′ 8 ″  S , 116 ° 32 ′ 20 ″  O west Keast Island 51 20 ° 23 ′ 20 ″  S , 116 ° 49 ′ 54 ″  E east Lady Nora Island 27 20 ° 27 ′ 23 "  S , 116 ° 37 ′ 42"  E west Elphick Nob 22nd 20 ° 28 ′ 3 ″  S , 116 ° 37 ′ 42 ″  E west Intercourse Island 20th 20 ° 39 '12 "  S , 116 ° 38' 46"  E south Mistaken Island 20th 20 ° 39 ′ 15 "  S , 116 ° 39 ′ 48"  E south Wilcox Island 20th 20 ° 26 '58 "  S , 116 ° 50' 28"  E east Cohen Island 11 20 ° 23 '10 "  S , 116 ° 48' 21"  E east Conzinc Island 11 20 ° 32 '59 "  S , 116 ° 48' 16"  O east Tidepole Island 10 20 ° 38 ′ 53 "  S , 116 ° 42 ′ 42"  E east Walcott Island 10 20 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  S , 116 ° 57 ′ 38 ″  E east Brigadier Island 6th 20 ° 26 ′ 37 ″  S , 116 ° 37 ′ 1 ″  E west Kendrew Island 6th 20 ° 28 ′ 40 ″  S , 116 ° 32 ′ 17 ″  E west Haycock Island 5 20 ° 39 ′ 57 ″  S , 116 ° 37 ′ 28 ″  E south Bare rock 3 20 ° 33 ′ 1 ″  S , 116 ° 26 ′ 33 ″  E west Mawby Island 3 20 ° 31 '11 "  S , 116 ° 41' 40"  E west East Mid Intercourse Island 2 20 ° 40 ′ 1 ″  S , 116 ° 40 ′ 5 ″  E south Pemberton Island 2 20 ° 39 ′ 44 ″  S , 116 ° 57 ′ 8 ″  E east West Mid Intercourse Island 2 20 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  S , 116 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  E south Egret Island 1 20 ° 39 '10 "  S , 116 ° 25' 52"  E west Miller Rocks 1 20 ° 26 '23 "  S , 116 ° 38' 30"  E west Nelson Rocks 1 20 ° 26 ′ 54 ″  S , 116 ° 40 ′ 24 ″  E west Roly skirt 1 20 ° 29 ′ 58 ″  S , 116 ° 30 ′ 26 ″  E west Tozer Island 1 20 ° 27 ′ 21 ″  S , 116 ° 50 ′ 26 ″  E east Sandy Island 1 20 ° 42 ′ 43 ″  S , 116 ° 34 ′ 5 ″  E south Dampier Islands 18560 20 ° 22 ′ 38 ″  S , 116 ° 52 ′ 29 ″  E

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia's Islands on australia.com (accessed August 30, 2012)
2. ↑ Research highlights biodiversity of Dampier Archipelago . Report from abc News online from November 26, 2004
3. ↑ http://www.naturebase.net/national_parks/management/pdf_files/dampier_issues.pdf ( Memento from August 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 32 kB) Dampier Archipelago Management Plan (2002)
4. ↑ http://www.dpa.wa.gov.au/files/PDPfinal_18Mar05.pdf ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 6.8 MB) Development report of the port authority, 2004 (English)
5. ↑ [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Australian Heritage Database  
6. ↑ http://www.burrup.org.au/ntwa ( Memento from December 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) The Dampier Rock Art Precinct
7. ↑ Timeline ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on pals.dia.wa.gov.au (accessed August 30, 2012) 
8. ↑ Dampier Archipelago Nature Reserves Management Plan 1990-2000 ( Memento of the original of March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 378 kB), page 4  
9. ↑ [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 3.0 MB)  

Web links

• Port of Dampier Development Guidelines