Numbered Islands

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Numbered Islands
Map of the Numbered Islands
Map of the Numbered Islands
Waters Indian Ocean
archipelago Pelsaert Islands
Geographical location 28 ° 55 ′  S , 113 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 55 ′  S , 113 ° 52 ′  E
Numbered Islands (Western Australia)
Numbered Islands
Number of islands 8th
Total land area 0.096.95 km²
Residents uninhabited
Position of the Numbered Islands within the Pelsaert Islands
Position of the Numbered Islands
within the Pelsaert Islands

The Numbered Islands (literally: "Numbered Islands") are a small group of islands in the Indian Ocean 72 km from the western Australian coastal town of Geraldton . They belong to the Pelsaert Islands , the southernmost group in the Houtman-Abrolhos archipelago .

The group consists of eight small and flat islands, which are located in the west of the approximately 200  km² large coral reef Half Moon Reef , about 10 km northwest of Pelsaert Island , the main island of the Pelsaert Islands. Except for the three southernmost islands (Sweet Island, Davis Island and Sid Liddon Island) the official island name consists of only one digit followed by the word Island , e.g. B. 1 Iceland.

Sid Liddon Island was originally 6 Island (Six Island) but was renamed in honor of a lobster fisherman who was killed in a car accident on mainland Australia.

Table of the islands

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Island name Alternatively Coordinates Area (in ha )
1 Iceland One Island ! 471.0905555613.881943528 ° 54 ′ 34 ″ S, 113 ° 52 ′ 55 ″ E 000000000000001.76600000001,766
2 Iceland Two Island ! 471.0905555613.878334528 ° 54 '34 "S, 113 ° 52' 42" E 000000000000000.32100000000.321
3 Iceland Three Island ! 471.0933345613.871109528 ° 54 ′ 24 ″ S, 113 ° 52 ′ 16 ″ E 000000000000001.71700000001.717
Sweet Island (4 Iceland) ! 471.0830555613.871391528 ° 55 ′ 1 ″ S, 113 ° 52 ′ 17 ″ E 000000000000002.14500000002.145
Davis Island (5 Iceland) ! 471.0852785613.875832528 ° 54 '53 "S, 113 ° 52' 33" E 000000000000001.80800000001.808
Sid Liddon Island (6 Iceland) ! 471.0888885613.863609528 ° 54 ′ 40 ″ S, 113 ° 51 ′ 49 ″ E 000000000000000.88100000000.881
7 Iceland Seven Island ! 471.0938895613.855835528 ° 54 ′ 22 ″ S, 113 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ E 000000000000000.44200000000.442
8 Iceland Eight Island ! 471.1011105613.860001528 ° 53 '56 "S, 113 ° 51' 36" E 000000000000000.61500000000.615

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gazetter of Australia (2010); Using the example 1 Iceland  ( page can no longer be called up , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ga.gov.au  
  2. Inventory of the Land Conservation Values ​​of the Houtman Abrolhos (page 31/32): Alternative spelling of islands 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 (PDF; 2.7 MB)

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