Kessel Island

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Kessel Island
Waters Indian Ocean
Geographical location 16 ° 29 ′  S , 123 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 16 ° 29 ′  S , 123 ° 22 ′  E
Kessel Island (Western Australia)
Kessel Island
length 170 mdep1
width 90 mdep1
Residents uninhabited

Kessel Island is an uninhabited island in the northern part of the King Sound , an Australian coastal body of water in the Indian Ocean . It belongs to the Kimberley region in the Australian state of Western Australia .

The island is 170 meters long and 90 meters wide. It is about 6.9 kilometers from mainland Australia.

The island is the second westernmost island in a five-kilometer chain of islands. The name of the western neighboring island is Scott Island , the eastern neighboring island is called Pope Island .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Kessel Island, Western Australia, Australia. Google Maps, accessed August 9, 2017 .