List of islands of Australia
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This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory
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Australia
has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. The largest islands are: Tasmania
68,332 km²; Melville Island
5,786 km²; Kangaroo Island
, 4,416 km²; Groote Eylandt
, 2,285 km²; Bathurst Island
, 1,693km²; Fraser Island 1,653km²; Flinders Island
, 1,359 km²; King Island
1,091 km²; and Mornington Island
, 1 002 km².
Tasmania
is a large island state off the south coast of the island continent of Australia
. Islands that are in the State of Tasmania are:
States and territories of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a union of six states and various territories. The Australian mainland is made up of five states and three territories, with the sixth state of Tasmania being made up of islands. In addition there are six island territories, known as external territories, and a...
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Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. The largest islands are: Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
68,332 km²; Melville Island
Melville Island, Northern Territory
Melville Island or Yermalner Island lies in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is west of the Cobourg Peninsula in Arnhem Land and north of Darwin....
5,786 km²; Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
, 4,416 km²; Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language)....
, 2,285 km²; Bathurst Island
Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
Bathurst Island is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island.-Description:...
, 1,693km²; Fraser Island 1,653km²; Flinders Island
Flinders Island, Tasmania
Flinders Island is an island in Bass Strait. It is from Cape Portland, the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, Australia and is the largest island in the Furneaux Group.-History:...
, 1,359 km²; King Island
King Island, Tasmania
King Island is one of the islands that make up the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is located in the Roaring Forties of Bass Strait, off the north-western tip of the main island of Tasmania, about half way between Tasmania and the mainland state of Victoria. The southernmost point is called Stokes...
1,091 km²; and Mornington Island
Mornington Island
Mornington Island is the northern most of 22 islands that form the Wellesley Islands group. The island is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria at and is part of the Gulf Country region in the Australian state of Queensland. The Manowar and Rocky Islands Important Bird Area lies about 40 km to...
, 1 002 km².
Australian Capital Territory
- Aspen IslandAspen IslandAspen Island is a man-made island located in the central basin of Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal capital city where the Australian National Carillon is situated. The island is linked to the mainland by a footbridge which is named after John Douglas Gordon, who...
- Bowen Island (in Jervis Bay TerritoryJervis Bay TerritoryThe Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was surrendered by the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1915 so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have "access to the sea"....
) - Pine IslandPine Island (Canberra)Pine Island Reserve is a reserve on the Murrumbidgee River where the river flows through the Canberra district of Tuggeranong, Australia.Pine Island is not a permanent island, but exists when the area floods...
- Spinnaker IslandSpinnaker Island (Lake Burley Griffin)Spinnaker Island is an island within Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal capital city. In total there are six islands in the lake, but only three are named....
- Springbank IslandSpringbank IslandSpringbank Island is an island within Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia. It was named after the rural property that now composes part of the island....
New South Wales
- Bare Island near the north headland of Botany BayBotany BayBotany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
- Bowen Island in the Jervis Bay TerritoryJervis Bay TerritoryThe Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was surrendered by the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1915 so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have "access to the sea"....
- Chatsworth Island in the Clarence RiverClarence River (New South Wales)The Clarence River is situated in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. The river originates on the watershed that marks the Queensland border. After flowing south and northeast for 394 km it then empties into the Pacific Ocean at Iluka/Yamba. On its journey it passes through the towns of...
- Clark IslandClark Island (New South Wales)Clark Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies offshore of the Sydney suburb of Darling Point, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. It is 0.9 hectares in area....
, an island in Sydney Harbour - Cockatoo Island, an island in Sydney Harbour, originally used as a prison and later developed as a shipyard
- Dangar IslandDangar IslandDangar Island is a small forested island in the Hawkesbury River, just north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has a permanent population of about 250, which swells dramatically during holiday seasons. The island is serviced regularly by the Dangar Island Ferry service that departs from...
, a small forested island in the Hawkesbury RiverHawkesbury RiverThe Hawkesbury River, also known as Deerubbun, is one of the major rivers of the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its tributaries virtually encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney.-Geography:-Course:... - Darling Island - no longer an island
- Esk Island - north arm of the Clarence River
- Fort DenisonFort Denison, New South Wales-References:* City Of Sydney Website; , Accessed Jun 2006.* NSW Government; , , Accessed Jun 2006.* Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, , , Accessed Jun 2006....
- also known as Pinchgut - Five Islands Nature ReserveFive Islands Nature ReserveFive Islands Nature Reserve is a 26 ha reserve comprising five islands close to Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia. The islands - Flinders Islet , Bass Islet, Martin Islet, Big Island and Rocky Islet - lie between 0.5 and 3.5 km off the coast...
A group of islands off the coast near Wollongong - Garden IslandGarden Island, New South WalesGarden Island is an inner-city locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the north-east of the Sydney central business district, north of the suburb of Potts Point....
- no longer an island - Glebe Island - no longer an island
- Goat IslandGoat Island (Port Jackson)Goat Island is a rocky island in Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The island is some 400 m by 200 m in size and is located north-west of the Sydney central business district....
, a rocky island in Sydney Harbour - Green Island, a small island north of Smoky CapeSmoky CapeSmoky Cape is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales Mid-North Coast. It lies just east of the town of South West Rocks, and within the Hat Head National Park.- Cape :...
- Harwood Island in the Clarence River
- Lion Island, located at the entrance to the Hawkesbury River
- Long Island, in the Hawkesbury River
- Lord Howe IslandLord Howe IslandLord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, and about from Norfolk Island. The island is about 11 km long and between 2.8 km and 0.6 km wide with an area of...
, a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 km (373 mi) east of the Australian mainland- Ball's PyramidBall's PyramidBall's Pyramid is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. Ball's Pyramid is southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. It is high, while measuring only in length and across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world...
- Admiralty GroupAdmiralty GroupFor the islands in the Bismarck Archipelago see Admiralty IslandsThe Admiralty Group of islets consists of eight rocky outcrops within 2 km of the north of Lord Howe Island: Soldier’s Cap, Sugarloaf, Noddy, South Island, Tenth of June, North Rock, Flat Rock and Roach Island...
- Ball's Pyramid
- Montague Island, 9 km offshore from NaroomaNarooma, New South WalesNarooma is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales on the far south coast. The town is on the Princes Highway. The name is said to be derived from the Aboriginal word meaning ‘clear blue waters’. At the 2006 census, Narooma had a population of 3,100 people.Montague Island, a National...
on the south coast of the state - Muttonbird Island an island off Coffs HarbourCoffs Harbour, New South Wales-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
- Oxley Island
- Pinchgut - see Fort Denison, a former penal site and defensive facility in Sydney Harbour
- Pulbah Island, the largest island in Lake MacquarieLake Macquarie (New South Wales)Lake Macquarie is Australia's largest coastal salt water lake, covering an area of in the Hunter Region of New South Wales with most of the City of Lake Macquarie's residents living near its shores. It is connected to the Tasman Sea by a short channel. Lake Macquarie is twice as large as Sydney...
- Rodd Island, a small island in the Parramatta RiverParramatta RiverThe Parramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove and Duck Rivers....
- Scotland IslandScotland Island, New South WalesScotland Island is an island in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Church Point, Scotland Island's major mainland service locality, is located 32 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council.- Geography and...
, an island in the north of Sydney - Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Snapper Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Spectacle Island, an island in the Hawkesbury River
- Spectacle Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Solitary Islands
- Wasp Island, the only island in Durras Inlet near Batemans BayBatemans Bay, New South Wales- Media :Radio Stations*East Coast Radio 2EC *Power FM NSW South Coast - POWER FM from Nowra can also be received in parts of Batemans Bay on FM 94.9....
- Woodford IslandWoodford IslandWoodford Island is an inland island in the Far-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is formed by the Clarence River where it splits into the South Arm and North Arm at the small village of Brushgrove then reforms at the town of Maclean...
, an island in the Clarence River on the far North Coast of the state
Northern Territory
- Bathurst IslandBathurst Island, Northern TerritoryBathurst Island is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island.-Description:...
- Bickerton IslandBickerton IslandBickerton Island is situated 13 km west off Groote Eylandt and 8 km east of the mouth of Blue Mud Bay in eastern Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is about 21 by 21 kilometers in size, with deep bays and indentations, and has an area of 215 km2. The largest bays...
- Crocodile IslandsCrocodile IslandsThe Crocodile Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia. They are located off the coast of Arnhem Land. One of the main islands in the group is Milingimbi Island, with other large islands including Mooroongga, Yabooma, Gananggaringur and Crocodile Islands...
- Croker IslandCroker IslandCroker Island is an island in the Arafura Sea off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia, 200 km northeast of Darwin. It is separated from Cobourg Peninsula in the west by Bowen Strait, which is 2.5 km wide in the south and up to 7 km in the north, and 8.5 km long. In...
- Elcho IslandElcho IslandElcho Island is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region. The island's largest community is the settlement of Galiwin'ku....
- Goulburn IslandsGoulburn IslandsThe Goulburn Islands are a group of small islands and islets in the Arafura Sea off the coast of Arnhem Land in Northern Territory of Australia. The largest islands are the North and South Goulburn Islands. The Warruwi Aboriginal people are the traditional owners of the Goulburn Islands....
- Groote EylandtGroote EylandtGroote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language)....
- Dutch for "Great Island" - Howard IslandHoward IslandHoward Island is an island in the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, Australia. It belongs to East Arnhem Shire, and is evenly divided between Gumurr Gatjirrk Ward in the west and Gumurr Marthakal Ward in the east. The only settlements are two family outstations...
- Marchinbar IslandMarchinbar IslandMarchinbar Island is the largest island in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, in the Arafura Sea. It is separated from Rimbija Island, the most northeasterly of the Wessel Islands, by a narrow channel, which is less than 400 metres across at its narrowest point...
- Melville IslandMelville Island, Northern TerritoryMelville Island or Yermalner Island lies in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is west of the Cobourg Peninsula in Arnhem Land and north of Darwin....
, the second biggest island in Australia (excluding the mainland) - Sir Edward Pellew Group
- Tiwi IslandsTiwi IslandsThe Tiwi Islands are part of Australia's Northern Territory, north of Darwin where the Arafura Sea joins the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island and Bathurst Island, with a combined area of ....
- Vanderlin IslandVanderlin IslandVanderlin Island is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the largest island in the Sir Edward Pellew Group. Its area is 264 km².-See also:*List of islands of Australia...
- Wessel IslandsWessel IslandsThe Wessel Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar Island is the largest of the group...
- West Island, Torres Strait
Queensland
- Acheron IslandAcheron IslandAcheron Island is one of the islands South of the Great Palm Island group. The island is half way between Magnetic Island and Great Palm Island.The island lies near the border of Halifax Bay and Coral Sea, east of Rollingstone and north of Townsville about ....
- Agnes IslandAgnes IslandAgnes Island is a very small island a few hundred metres east of Hinchinbrook Island. At low tide, it can be accessed from nearby Banksia Bay....
- Aplin Islet
- Arnold Islets
- Baird Island
- Barber Island
- Bedarra IslandBedarra IslandBedarra Island is a privately owned island in the middle of the Family Islands National Park, located off the Queensland coast in Australia. The island is made from granite and was part of the mainland before the last sea level rise began 8,000 years ago...
- Beesley Island
- Bird Islands
- Bishop Island - no longer an island (Port of BrisbanePort of BrisbanePort of Brisbane is the shipping port of Brisbane, on the east coast of Australia. It is located in the lower reaches of the Brisbane River on reclaimed land that was once called Fisherman Islands at the mouth of the river. It currently is the third busiest port in Australia and the nation's...
wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over this island) - Bootie Island
- Bountiful Islands
- Bowden IslandBowden IslandBowden Island is one of the southern islands of the Family Islands group and located approximately 20 km East of Tully Heads.The Aboriginal name for this island is Budg-Joo Island....
- Boyne Island
- Bribie Island
- Brisk IslandBrisk IslandBrisk Island is an island in the Great Palm Island group. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named.The Aboriginal name for Brisk Island is Culgarool Island....
- Brook IslandsBrook Islands National ParkThe Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km². It was established in 1994 and comprises three islands - North, Tween and Middle - which lie off the coast 7 km north-east of Cape Richards on Hinchinbrook Island...
- made up of three islands: North, Tween and Middle. - Bourke IslesBourke IslesThe Bourke Isles are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands. They are located around 130 km north east of Thursday Island. The islands were named after Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales by Charles Lewis who was the Commander of colonial schooner Isabella in 1836.The Bourke...
- Bushy Island
- Bushy Islet
- Cholmondeley Islet
- Clack Island
- Clerke Island
- Coconut Island
- Coochiemudlo Island
- Crab Island
- Curacoa IslandCuracoa IslandCuracoa Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named. Curacoa Island is uninhabited.The Aboriginal term for this island is Noogoo Island.-External links:*...
- Denham Island
- Douglas Islet
- Duncan IslandsDuncan IslandsThe Duncan Islands are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland. They are north of Thursday Island Bramble Channel.The Duncans include three uninhabited islands:* Kanig Island* Maitak Island* Meth Islet...
- Dunk Island
- Eagle Island
- Ephraim Island
- Esk IslandEsk IslandEsk Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named.The Aboriginal term for this island is Soopun Island....
- Eclipse IslandEclipse Island, QueenslandEclipse Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named.The Aboriginal term for this island is Garoogubbee Island....
- Fantome IslandFantome IslandFantome Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group. It is neighboured by Great Palm Island and is north-east of Townsville, Queensland on the east coast of Australia. The Aboriginal name for this island is Eumilli Island. The island is small with an area of and is surrounded by...
- Falcon IslandFalcon IslandFalcon Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group, off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named.The Aboriginal term for this island is Carbooroo Island....
- Fisher Island
- Fisherman's Island - no longer an island (Port of Brisbane wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over this island)
- Fitzroy Island
- Fly IslandFly IslandFly Island is one of the islands in the Great Palm Island group. The nearest island is Great Palm Island, after which the group is named.Fly Island is a few hundred metres northwest of Havannah Island and 50 km southeast of Ingham. The nearest island to the west is Pandora Reef.- References :...
- Frankland IslandsFrankland Group National ParkFrankland Group is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1353 km northwest of Brisbane....
- Russell Island
- Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world
- Goold IslandGoold Island National ParkGoold Island is a national park in Queensland , northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island off the coast from Cardwell in Rockingham Bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area....
- Gore Island
- Great Keppel IslandGreat Keppel IslandGreat Keppel Island lies 15 kilometres from the coast off Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia. The island is the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, and covers an area of more than 14.5 square kilometres...
- Great Palm IslandGreat Palm IslandGreat Palm Island, also known as Palm Island, or by the Aboriginal name Bwgcolman; is a tropical island with a resident community of about 2,000 people. The island has an area of . The official area figure of 70.9 km² refers to Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island and includes nine smaller islands...
- Green IslandGreen Island National ParkGreen Island National Park is a protected area declared over a small coral cay known to the local Gungganyji Aboriginal peoples as Dabuukji...
- Hannibal Islands
- Harvey Island
- Heron Island
- High Island
- Hinchinbrook IslandHinchinbrook IslandHinchinbrook Island lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, Queensland Australia. Hinchinbrook Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and wholly protected within the Hinchinbrook Island National Park, except for a small resort. It is the largest island on the Great Barrier Reef...
- Hudson IslandHudson IslandHudson Island is the southernmost island of the Family Islands group and located approximately 20 km East of Tully Heads. The Aboriginal name for this island is Coolah Island....
- Jessie IslandJessie IslandJessie Island is about 80 km North of Dunk Island and East of the Cowley Beach Training area and North of the South Barnard Islands.Jessie Island is North of Kent Island is part of the North Barnard Islands....
- Kent Island
- King Island
- Kumboola IslandKumboola IslandKumboola Island is in the Family Islands group and located approximately 15 km North East of Tully Heads and immediately South of Dunk Island....
- Lady Elliot IslandLady Elliot IslandLady Elliot Island is the southern-most coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The island lies north-east of Bundaberg and covers an area of approximately . The island is home to a small eco resort and an airstrip, which is serviced daily by flights from Bundaberg, Hervey Bay,...
- Lady Musgrave IslandLady Musgrave IslandLady Musgrave Island is a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef, with a surrounding reef. The island is the second island in the Great Barrier Reef chain of islands , and is most easily reached from the town of 1770, Queensland, located on approximately 5 hours north of Brisbane...
- Lindquist IslandLindquist IslandLindquist Island is about 90 km North of Dunk Island and East of the Cowley Beach Training area almost next to Double Point and North of the South Barnard Islands.Lindquist Island is part of the North Barnard Islands....
- Lizard IslandLizard Island National ParkLizard Island is a national park on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland , 1624 km northwest of Brisbane and part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island.-Geology:...
- Lloyd Island
- Low Island
- Low Wooded IslandLow wooded islandLow wooded island is the name of an island 30 km South East of Cape Flattery in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and within the Three Islands National Park. The island is an important seabird nesting site....
- Mabel IslandMabel IslandMabel Island North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands 30 km North East of Babinda and South West of Cairns.The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent and migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island...
- Magnetic IslandMagnetic IslandMagnetic Island is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,107 permanent residents. The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry...
- Milman Islet
- Moreton IslandMoreton IslandMoreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. Moreton Island lies 58 kilometres northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The island is 95% National Park and a popular destination for four wheel driving, camping,...
- Mornington IslandMornington IslandMornington Island is the northern most of 22 islands that form the Wellesley Islands group. The island is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria at and is part of the Gulf Country region in the Australian state of Queensland. The Manowar and Rocky Islands Important Bird Area lies about 40 km to...
- Murdock Island
- Nigger Head
- Nob Island
- Noble Island
- Normanby Island
- North Direction Island
- North Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known...
- Northumberland IslandsNorthumberland IslandsAustralia's Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the Queensland coast, located south-east of the city of Mackay roughly between the latitudes 21°S and 22°S. All islands are of the continental type. The island group was named by James Cook during his historic voyage along...
- Orpheus Island
- Palfrey Island
- Peel IslandPeel IslandPeel Island is a small island located in Moreton Bay, east of Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia.During the mid-19th century Peel Island was used as a quarantine station for the colony of Brisbane. Sailing ships would anchor to the north of the Island, the passengers would disembark on Peel Island...
- Pelorus IslandPelorus IslandPelorus Island is the northernmost island of the Great Palm Island group. It is located 800 meters north of Orpheus Island. Pelorus is surrounded by spectacular fringing reefs that can be accessed by snorkeling right off the beach...
- Pentecost Island
- Percy Island
- Pipon Island
- Prince of Wales Island
- Raine IslandRaine IslandRaine Island is a vegetated coral cay that is 32 hectares in total area and is situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef, approximately north north west of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, and about 120 km east-north-east of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula...
- Restoration Island
- Rocky Island
- Rocky Point Island
- Round Island
- Shaw Island
- Sherrard Island
- Sir Charles Hardy Islands
- The Sisters
- Sisters Islands
- Snapper IslandSnapper Island, QueenslandSnapper Island is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia, some 20 km north of Port Douglas. It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park...
- South Direction Island
- South Stradbroke IslandSouth Stradbroke IslandSouth Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The 21 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland. The island has hundreds of wild...
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands
- Russell Island
- Macleay IslandMacleay IslandMacleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. It is in the Redland City Council Local Government Area and has the postcode 4184. Perulpa Island is a small attached to Macleay Island by a causeway....
- Lamb Island
- Karragarra Island
- Stephens IslandStephens Island (Great Barrier Reef)Stephens Island is about 40 km north of Dunk Island. With nearby Sisters Island it forms the South Barnard Islands Group, which is protected within the Barnard Island Group National Park...
- Struck Island
- Sunday Island
- Sunter Island
- Talbot Islands
- Thomson Islet
- Thorpe IslandThorpe IslandThorpe Island is one of the middle islands of the Family Islands group and located approximately 15km East of Tully Heads.The alternate name for this island is Timana Island.In 1770 Captain James Cook discovered The Family Group of Islands...
- Three Islands
- The Three Sisters
- Sue Islet
- Torres Strait Islands
- Trochus Island
- Turtle Group
- Watson Island
- Wellesley IslandsWellesley IslandsThe Wellesley Islands are a group of islands off the coast of north Queensland, Australia, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. They were named by Matthew Flinders in honour of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. The largest island in the group is Mornington Island...
- Whitsunday IslandsWhitsunday IslandsThe Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial...
- Daydream Island
- Dent Island
- Hamilton Island
- Hayman IslandHayman IslandHayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, part of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia at...
- Hook IslandHook IslandHook Island is one of the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. The island is almost uninhabited, quite rugged and almost completely contained within a section of the Whitsunday Islands National Park...
- Keswick IslandKeswick IslandKeswick Island is a picturesque island in the southern half of the Whitsunday Islands. Located 34 kilometres north-east of the Queensland city of Mackay, Keswick Island is part of the Cumberland Islands of islands that lay protected inside the waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.The island...
- Lindeman IslandLindeman IslandLindeman Island is an island in the Lindeman Group of the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The islands was named by Captain Bedwell after his sub-lieutenant, George Sidney Lindeman whilst aboard the Royal Navy vessel HMS Virago....
- Long IslandLong Island (Whitsunday Islands)Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is in length and is at its widest point only . Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only from the coastline...
- South Molle IslandSouth Molle IslandSouth Molle Island, part of the Whitsunday Islands, is a resort island in the Whitsunday section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia. The hilly island has numerous bays and inlets accessible by 16 km of walking tracks, with 420 ha protected in the Whitsunday Islands...
- Whitsunday IslandWhitsunday IslandWhitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. Whitsunday Island is located at...
- Wilson Island
- Woody Island
South Australia
- Granite IslandGranite Island (Australia)Granite Island is a small island next to Victor Harbor, South Australia, not far from South Australia's capital city, Adelaide.It is unpopulated, however there are buildings and shelters on the island, including a cafe...
- Hindmarsh IslandHindmarsh IslandHindmarsh Island is an island in the lower Murray River near the town of Goolwa, South Australia. Located on the Fleurieu Peninsula, it is a popular tourist destination, which has increased in popularity since the Hindmarsh Island bridge was opened in 2001...
- Kangaroo IslandKangaroo IslandKangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
, Australia's third largest island (excluding the mainland) - Neptune IslandNeptune IslandThe South Neptune Islands sit on the Southern aspect of the Australasian Continental shelf, at a distance of 70 kilometres South by South~East of Port Lincoln, in South Australia. The depth of water on the Eastern side of the islands is 40 metres. Water depth increases to 95 metres on the southern...
- Nuyts ArchipelagoNuyts ArchipelagoThe Nuyts Archipelago, including the Isles of St Francis, comprises a group of mainly small and mostly granitic islands lying off Ceduna, South Australia, at the eastern end of the Great Australian Bight and the north-western coast of the Eyre Peninsula...
- Flinders Island
- Pearson Isles
- St Francis Island
- St Peter Island
- Spilsby Island
- Thistle IslandThistle IslandThistle Island is located in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia, some 200 kilometres west of Adelaide, and just to the northwest of Gambier Island. The town of Port Lincoln lies to the northwest of the island. Between them, Gambier and Thistle form a small chain across the mouth of the gulf between...
- Torrens IslandTorrens IslandTorrens Island is located in the Port River Estuary between the Lefevre Peninsula and Barker Inlet, about 15 km northwest of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia...
- Wedge IslandWedge IslandWedge Island is located north of Lancelin and South of Cervantes on the Western Australian coast. The name mainly refers to the mainland settlement but also refers to a long wedge shaped island located just south of "the point". The island itself is a declared nature reserve. The settlement of...
Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
is a large island state off the south coast of the island continent of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Islands that are in the State of Tasmania are:
- Albatross IslandAlbatross Island (Tasmania)Albatross Island is an 18 ha island nature reserve in Bass Strait in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area...
- Bruny Island
- Cape Barren Island
- Clarke IslandClarke Island, TasmaniaPart of the Furneaux Group, Clarke Island has an area of and is located off the northeast coast of Tasmania, south of Cape Barren Island. Off its west coast lies the shipwreck of the Litherland, which sank 1853 and was discovered in 1983...
- De Witt IslandDe Witt IslandDe Witt Island, also known as Big Witch, is a island in south-eastern Australia. It is the largest of the Maatsuyker Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. Its highest point is above mean sea level. It is part of the Southwest National Park, and...
- Eddystone Island
- Flinders Island
- Goat IslandGoat Island (Tasmania)Goat Island is a small island situated off the north coast of Tasmania, between Penguin and Ulverstone. It houses a breeding colony of Fairy penguins. Along with the nearby Three Sisters, the island is part of the 37 ha Three Sisters – Goat Island Nature Reserve....
- Hogan IslandHogan IslandHogan Island is a granite island, with an area of and a high point of , in south-eastern Australia. It is the largest of Tasmania’s Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria...
- Hunter Island Group
- Hunter Island
- Robbins Island
- Three Hummock IslandThree Hummock IslandThree Hummock Island is an island with an area of 70 km2 and a high point 237 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. The island is named after its three most...
- King Island
- Louisa Island
- Maatsuyker IslandsMaatsuyker IslandsThe Maatsuyker Islands Group is a group of islands and rocks located 5.5 kilometres off the south coast of Tasmania. Maatsuyker Island is the southernmost island of the group and of the Australian continental shelf. There are exposed rocks further south of Maatsuyker but they do not meet the...
- Macquarie IslandMacquarie IslandMacquarie Island lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54°30S, 158°57E. Politically, it has formed part of the Australian state of Tasmania since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978. In 1997 it became a world heritage...
- Maria IslandMaria IslandMaria Island is a mountainous island off the east coast of Tasmania. The entire island is a national park. Maria Island National Park has a total area of 115.50 km², which includes a marine area of 18.78 km² off the island's northwest coast. The island is about 20 km in length from...
- Pedra Branca
- Robbins IslandRobbins Island (Tasmania)Robbins Island is an island located off the northwest coast of Tasmania separated by a highly tidal area otherwise known as Robbins Passage. It is the seventh largest island of Tasmania, with an area of , is the largest freehold island in Tasmania and lies south to adjacent Walker's Island...
- Rodondo IslandRodondo IslandRodondo Island is a visually striking granite island, ringed by steep cliffs up to 200 m high, with an area of 106 ha and a high point of 350 m, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Rodondo Group, lying in northern Bass Strait only 10 km south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, and...
- Sarah IslandSarah IslandSarah Island may refer to:*Sarah Island , an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts*Sarah Island , the remnant site of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station in Van Diemen's Land in Australia...
- Schouten IslandSchouten IslandSchouten Island is a 28 km2 island in eastern Tasmania, Australia. It lies 1.6 kilometres south of Freycinet Peninsula and is a part of Freycinet National Park.-History:...
- Waterhouse Island
Victoria
- Anser IslandAnser Island (Victoria)Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds....
- Barrallier IslandBarrallier Island (Victoria)Barrallier Island is a very small uninhabited island located northwest of French Island in Victoria, Australia.- Flora & fauna :* Sparse scrub and grass vegetation on the higher parts of the island* Mangroves on the southern shore...
- Bennison IslandBennison Island (Victoria)Bennison Island is an uninhabited granite island near the northern coast of Wilsons Promontory National Park.Access is by boat at high tide.-External links:*...
- Beveridge IslandBeveridge Island (Victoria)Beveridge Island is an island in Victoria, Australia, within the locality of Tyntynder in the Rural City of Swan Hill.It is enclosed by the Murray River, and an anabranch of the river in the south and has an area of approximately 1116 hectares....
- Chinaman IslandChinaman IslandChinaman Island is an uninhabited island located in Western Port, Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies about 4 km north of French Island. It considered to be of State botanical and zoological significance. It is accessible at low tide by fording a small tidal creek.-External links:*...
- Churchill IslandChurchill IslandChurchill Island is a island in Western Port, Victoria, Australia. It is connected by a bridge to Phillip Island. It is the site of the first European settlement in Victoria. It contains a working farm and a homestead, dating from 1872, which is open to the public...
- Corner IslandCorner Island (Victoria)Corner Island is located in Corner Inlet Marine National Park, approximately north of Millers Landing on Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. The island is accessible only at high tide by boat.-External links:*...
- Duck IslandDuck Island (Victoria)Duck Island, a small barrier island, lies 1.5 km north of Swan Island and south of Edwards Point in the main entrance to Swan Bay from Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and the plants and animals on and around the island are...
- Elizabeth IslandElizabeth Island (Victoria)Elizabeth Island lies just south of French Island in Western Port, Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It is separated from French Island by intertidal mudflats and a small channel. It is in area and is an unincorporated area of Victoria...
- French Island
- Gabo IslandGabo IslandGabo Island is a 154 ha island located off the coast of eastern Victoria, Australia, between Mallacoota and Cape Howe on the border with New South Wales. It is separated from the mainland by a 500 m wide channel; access is available by arranged flights and boats...
- Griffiths Island
- Herring IslandHerring Island (Victoria)Herring Island is a small island located in Melbourne's Yarra River at South Yarra, approximately 3 km from the city. Originally a quarry, it was leased by the scouts in the 1950s and 1960s and is currently managed by Parks Victoria and used as a sculpture park...
- Joe IslandJoe Island (Victoria)Joe Island is a very small, uninhabited island located in Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia, approximately 1 km north of French Island.-References:...
- Kanowna IslandKanowna Island (Victoria)Kanowna Island is located off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. It is home to one of the four breeding colonies of Australian fur seal. The island is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of...
- Lady Julia Percy Island
- Mud IslandsMud IslandsThe Mud Islands reserve is located within Port Phillip, about 90 km south-west of Melbourne, Australia, lying 10 km inside Port Phillip Heads, 7 km north of Portsea and 9 km east of Queenscliff. The land area of about 50 ha is made up of three low-lying islands surrounding a shallow tidal 35 ha...
- Norman IslandNorman Island (Victoria)Norman Island is approximately 4 km west of Picnic Point, Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia at 39° 01’ S, 146° 15’ E. It is proclaimed as a Remote and Natural Area under the National Parks Act...
- Pental Island
- Phillip Island
- Raymond IslandRaymond IslandRaymond Island is a small island in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria, Australia, about from Melbourne. The island is approximately long by wide, and is just off the coast, across from the town of Paynesville...
- Rotamah Island
- Shellback Island
- Snake IslandSnake Island (Victoria)Snake Island is a 35 km2 sand island, the largest in Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia. It lies within the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and is part of a complex of barrier islands that protect a large marine embayment from the pounding waves of Bass Strait.As the island is remote and...
- Sunday IslandSunday Island (Victoria)Sunday Island is a low-lying, sandy, 16.2 km2 barrier island on the coast of Victoria, Australia. It is about 8 km long by 3 km wide and rises to a maximum height of no more than 15 m asl. It lies in Corner Inlet, South Gippsland, 4 km south-west of Port Albert and 215 km south-east of Melbourne...
- Swan Island
- Tullaberga IslandTullaberga Island (Victoria)Tullaberga Island is a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Victoria, Australia, near the town of Mallacoota. It is located west of Gabo Island and east of the entrance to Mallacoota Inlet....
Western Australia
- Archipelago of the RechercheArchipelago of the RechercheArchipelago of the Recherche is a group of 105 islands, and over 1200 "obstacles to shipping", off the southern coast of Western Australia. The islands, also known as the Recherche Archipelago, stretch from East to West and to off-shore....
- Barrow Island
- Bonaparte ArchipelagoBonaparte ArchipelagoThe Bonaparte Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Kalumburu located about to the east of the island group....
- Buccaneer ArchipelagoBuccaneer ArchipelagoThe Buccaneer Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Bardi located about from the western end of the island group....
- Cockatoo Island
- Cape Leeuwin Islands
- Carnac IslandCarnac IslandCarnac Island is a 19 ha, A Class, island nature reserve about 10 km south-west of Fremantle in Western Australia.-History:In 1803, French explorer Louis de Freycinet, captain of the Casuarina, named the island Île Pelée . It was also known as Île Lévilian and later Île Berthelot...
- Dampier ArchipelagoDampier ArchipelagoThe Dampier Archipelago is a group of islands near Dampier, Western Australia. It is named after William Dampier, an English buccaneer and explorer who visited in 1699. Dampier named one of the islands, Rosemary Island.-History:...
- Rosemary Island
- Dirk Hartog IslandDirk Hartog IslandDirk Hartog Island is an island off the Gascoyne coast of Western Australia, within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. It is about 80 kilometres long and between 3 and 15 kilometres wide and is Western Australia's largest and most western island. It covers an area of 620 square kilometres and is...
- Garden Island
- Houtman AbrolhosHoutman AbrolhosThe Houtman Abrolhos is a chain of 122 islands, and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia. Nominally located at , it lies about eighty kilometres west of Geraldton, Western Australia...
- Easter GroupEaster GroupThe Easter Group is the central of three groups of islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos island chain. Nominally located at , it is about 20 kilometres by 12 kilometres, and consists of a number of islands including Rat Island, Wooded Island, Morley Island, Suomi Island and Alexander Island....
- Alexander IslandAlexander IslandAlexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
- Morley Island
- Rat Island
- Suomi Island
- Wooded Island
- Alexander Island
- Pelsaert GroupPelsaert GroupThe Pelsaert Group is the southernmost of the three groups of islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos island chain. Nominally located at , it consists of a number of islands, the largest of which are Gun Island, Middle Island, and Pelsaert Island. The group is named after a Dutch "opperkoopman"...
- Gun IslandGun IslandGun Island is one of the larger islands in the Pelsaert Group of the Houtman Abrolhos. It is nominally located at , about 4 km north and east of Half Moon Reef and is a flat limestone outcrop of about by in size...
- Middle IslandMiddle IslandMiddle Island may refer to:* Middle Island, one of the Toronto Islands in Ontario, Canada* Middle Island , in Ontario and the southernmost point in Canada* Middle Island, an archaic 19th century name for New Zealand's South Island...
- Pelsaert Island
- Gun Island
- Wallabi GroupWallabi GroupThe Wallabi Group is the northern-most group of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos. Nominally located at , it is 58 kilometres from the Australian mainland, and about 9 kilometres from the Easter Group....
- Beacon Island
- East Wallabi IslandEast Wallabi IslandEast Wallabi Island is an island in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of mainland Australia.-History:East Wallabi Island played an important role in the story of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre...
- Long IslandLong IslandLong Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
- North IslandNorth IslandThe North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
- Pigeon IslandPigeon Island (Houtman Abrolhos)Pigeon Island is a small island located need the middle of the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. It is almost entirely given over to Western Rock Lobster fishers' camps, and as a result is far more disturbed than most other islands in the...
- West Wallabi IslandWest Wallabi IslandWest Wallabi Island is an island in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of mainland Australia.-History:...
- Easter Group
- Lacepede IslandsLacepede IslandsThe Lacepede Islands, sometimes referred to simply as the Lacepedes, are a group of four islands lying off the north-west coast of Western Australia, about 120 km north of Broome. They are about 30 km from the Dampier Peninsula, from which they are separated by the Lacepede Channel...
- Molloy Island
- Montebello Islands
- Ronsard Island
- Rottnest IslandRottnest IslandRottnest Island is located off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is long, and at its widest point with a total land area of . It is classified as an A Class Reserve and is managed by the...
- Rowley ShoalsRowley ShoalsThe Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about 260 km west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, centered around , on the edge of one of the widest continental shelves in the world. Each atoll covers an area of around 80 to 90 km² within the rim...
- Scott and Seringapatam ReefsScott and Seringapatam ReefsScott and Seringapatam Reefs is a group of atoll-like reefs in the Timor Sea more than 300 km northwest of Cape Leveque, Western Australia, on the edge of the continental shelf. There are three or four separate reef structures, depending on whether Scott Reef Central is counted separately...
- Wedge IslandWedge IslandWedge Island is located north of Lancelin and South of Cervantes on the Western Australian coast. The name mainly refers to the mainland settlement but also refers to a long wedge shaped island located just south of "the point". The island itself is a declared nature reserve. The settlement of...
External Territories
- Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAshmore and Cartier IslandsThe Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an external territory of Australia consisting of two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of...
- Australian Antarctic TerritoryAustralian Antarctic TerritoryThe Australian Antarctic Territory is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation...
- Achernar IslandAchernar IslandAchernar Island , also known as Utöy, is an island long, lying west of Shaula Island in the Øygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Utoy...
- Masson IslandMasson IslandMasson Island or Mission Island is an ice-covered island about long and rising to , lying northwest of Henderson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf...
- Hawker IslandHawker IslandHawker Island is an irregular-shaped island about 1 nautical mile long, lying between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in the east part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE and named...
(68° 39'S, 77° 52'E) - Frazier IslandsFrazier IslandsFrazier Islands is a group of four rocky islands in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, 8 nautical miles west-northwest of Clark Peninsula. The islands were first photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Paul...
(66° 14'S, 110° 10'E) - Giganteus IslandGiganteus IslandThe Giganteus Island lies just north of the Rookery Islands in the west part of Holme Bay, MacRobertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37...
(67° 37'S, 62° 33'E)
- Achernar Island
- Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
- Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos (Keeling) IslandsThe Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
- Horsburgh IslandHorsburgh IslandHorsburgh Island is one of the Cocos Islands. Its area is 1,04 square kilometers. There is a small lagoon in the interior of the island to the northeast.-History:...
- Home IslandHome IslandHome Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the Southern Atoll of the Cocos Islands, an Australian Overseas Territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean...
- North Keeling Island
- West IslandWest Island, Cocos (Keeling) IslandsWest Island is the capital of the Cocos Islands. The population is roughly 120. It is the less populous of the two inhabited islands . It was part of the Clunies-Ross plantation and an airstrip was built here during World War II...
- Horsburgh Island
- Coral Sea IslandsCoral Sea IslandsThe Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is Willis Island...
- Cato Island
- Elizabeth ReefElizabeth ReefElizabeth Reef is a coral reef in the Tasman Sea. The reef is separated by a deep oceanic pass, some 45 km wide, from nearby Middleton Reef, both of which are part of the underwater plateau known as the Lord Howe Rise. Elizabeth Reef is around 160 km from Lord Howe Island and...
- Middleton ReefMiddleton ReefMiddleton Reef is a coral reef in the Tasman Sea. It is separated by a deep oceanic pass some 45 km wide from nearby Elizabeth Reef, forming part of the Lord Howe Rise underwater plateau. Middleton Reef is around 220 km from Lord Howe Island and 555 km from the coast of New South...
- Willis Island
- Heard Island and McDonald IslandsHeard Island and McDonald IslandsThe Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is in area and it has of coastline...
- Norfolk IslandNorfolk IslandNorfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...
- Nepean IslandNepean Island (Norfolk Island)Nepean Island is a small uninhabited island located at, about 1 km south off a golf course on Norfolk Island in the Southwest Pacific. It was named in 1788 by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King for Evan Nepean, Under Secretary of the Home Department of the United Kingdom...
- Phillip Island
- Nepean Island
See also
- List of islands
- List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
- List of islands in the Indian Ocean
- List of islands of Asia
- List of Torres Strait Islands