Wallabi Islands

Wallabi Islands
NASA landsat image of the Wallabi Islands.
Waters	Indian Ocean
archipelago	Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago
Geographical location	28 ° 28 ′  S , 113 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 28 ′  S , 113 ° 44 ′  E
Number of islands	approx. 50
Main island	West Wallabi Island
Total land area	11.9 km²
Residents	uninhabited
Bay in the Wallabi Islands

The Wallabi Islands ( English Wallabi Group ) are a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean , located about 58 km off the Western Australian coast. They form the northernmost group of the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago .

geography

The island area is located 20 km north of the Easter Group , the archipelago's central archipelago, separated by the Middle Channel . It measures about 17 km from northwest to southeast and up to 10 km from west to east.

The name wallabi goes back to a genus of smaller kangaroos , the wallabies . These animals can be found on the two largest islands in the group, West Wallabi Island and East Wallabi Island .

The Wallabi Islands include, in addition to a large number of tiny rock islands , u. a. the following islands:

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Island name Coordinates Area ha Akerstrom Island 28 ° 28 ′ 28 ″ S, 113 ° 41 ′ 56 ″ E 1.149 Alcatraz Island 28 ° 27 '39 "S, 113 ° 43' 23" E 0.069 Barge rock 28 ° 27 ′ 1 ″ S, 113 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ E 0.137 Beacon Island 28 ° 28 ′ 30 ″ S, 113 ° 47 ′ 9 ″ E 2,778 Dakin Island 28 ° 28 ′ 32 "S, 113 ° 48 ′ 31" E 0.932 Dick Island 28 ° 29 ′ 46 ″ S, 113 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E 3.463 Eagle Point Islet 1) 28 ° 26 '44 "S, 113 ° 43' 43" E 0.078 East Mangrove Island 1) 28 ° 28 ′ 27 ″ S, 113 ° 42 ′ 5 ″ E 0.047 East Wallabi Island 28 ° 26 '14 "S, 113 ° 43' 50" E 321,605 Eastern Island 28 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ S, 113 ° 48 ′ 49 ″ E 2.635 Far Island 28 ° 27 '38 "S, 113 ° 48' 26" E 0.082 First sister 28 ° 28 ′ 36 "S, 113 ° 44 ′ 39" E 0.412 Hall Island 28 ° 28 ′ 17 "S, 113 ° 48 ′ 40" E 0.081 Little Pigeon Island 28 ° 27 '42 "S, 113 ° 43' 25" E 1.610 long Island 28 ° 28 ′ 18 ″ S, 113 ° 46 ′ 25 ″ E 11.833 Marinula Island 28 ° 28 ′ 27 ″ S, 113 ° 42 ′ 2 ″ E 0.208 Naturalist Island 1) 28 ° 28 ′ 32 "S, 113 ° 44 ′ 38" E 0.026 North Island 2) 28 ° 17 '57 "S, 113 ° 35' 44" E 182,400 Oystercatcher Island 28 ° 27 '44 "S, 113 ° 42' 53" E 4,743 Pelican Island 28 ° 27 '32 "S, 113 ° 40' 39" E 0.290 Pigeon Island 28 ° 27 '16 "S, 113 ° 43' 37" E 4.216 Plover Island 28 ° 28 ′ 2 "S, 113 ° 42 ′ 47" E 0.263 Saville-Kent Island 28 ° 28 ′ 27 ″ S, 113 ° 48 ′ 35 ″ E 0.451 Seagull Island 28 ° 27 ′ 25 ″ S, 113 ° 43 ′ 1 ″ E 7.614 Seal Island 28 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S, 113 ° 48 ′ 13 ″ E 0.887 Second sister 28 ° 29 ′ 3 ″ S, 113 ° 44 ′ 31 ″ E 0.091 Shag rock 28 ° 28 ′ 28 ″ S, 113 ° 42 ′ 48 ″ E 0.121 Short Island 1) 28 ° 27 '48 "S, 113 ° 46" 23 "E 0.150 Tattler Island 28 ° 28 ′ 6 "S, 113 ° 42 ′ 26" E 0.689 Tectus Island 1) 28 ° 28 ′ 27 ″ S, 113 ° 44 ′ 37 ″ E 0.037 Third sister 28 ° 29 ′ 41 ″ S, 113 ° 44 ′ 29 ″ E 0.208 Traitors Island 28 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ S, 113 ° 47 ′ 6 ″ E 0.094 Turnstone Island 28 ° 27 ′ 6 ″ S, 113 ° 43 ′ 2 ″ E 1.309 When Iceland 28 ° 28 ′ 16 ″ S, 113 ° 45 ′ 50 ″ E 0.070 West Wallabi Island 28 ° 27 ′ 48 ″ S, 113 ° 41 ′ 46 ″ E 621,500 Notes: 1) The island names Eagle Point Islet , East Mangrove Island , Naturalist Island , Short Island and Tectus Island are " unofficial names " of these officially unnamed islands. They come from the Inventory of the Land Conservation Values ​​of the Houtman Abrolhos (English, .pdf; 2.7 MB). 2) North Island , although located 18 km northwest of West Wallabi Island and East Wallabi Island and separated from the rest of the island group by the South Passage , is predominantly assigned to the Wallabi group.

history

In 1629 the Dutch merchant ship Batavia ran aground in the reefs of the Wallabi Islands, more precisely: in the Morning Reef about 1.5 km south of Beacon Island . Most of the crew and passengers were able to save themselves on nearby islets.

use

All islands are uninhabited due to a lack of drinking water sources. To protect fauna and flora, they may only be entered with special permission.

See also

• List of islands in the Houtman-Abrolhos archipelago

Web links

• NASA image ( memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) of the Wallabi Islands in the island encyclopedia www.oceandots.com
• further information & pictures ( memento of July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the island encyclopedia www.oceandots.com (English)
• (  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Insert individual evidence according to WP: BLG .