Sandy Island Number 1

Sandy Island Number 1
Waters	Arafura lake
Geographical location	11 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  S , 132 ° 17 ′ 22 ″  E Coordinates: 11 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  S , 132 ° 17 ′ 22 ″  E
length	450 m
width	160 m
Residents	uninhabited

Sandy Island Number 1 is an uninhabited island on the north coast of Australia , about 200 kilometers northeast of Darwin . In the local Aboriginal language it is called Wawadi .

It is located 1.2 kilometers off the coast of Cobourg Peninsula ( Northern Territory ) in Garig Gunak Barlu National Park at Smith Point, one of the northernmost points of the mainland in the Northern Territory and the location of a campsite and the ranger station "Black Point".

1839 map with Sandy Island in front of the peninsula in the upper right corner

The island is about 450 meters long and 160 meters wide in a north-south direction. Entering the island is prohibited.

The island Sandy Iceland Number 2 is located about eleven kilometers east.

See also

• Sandy Island to other islands of that name

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Garig Gunak Barlu National Park fact sheet and map. (PDF) Northern Territory Government of Australia, November 2017, p. 3 , accessed on September 29, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Sandy Island Number 1 Mapcarta (English). Last accessed on September 28, 2019
3. ↑ Measurement on Google Maps, September 28, 2019