South Wellesley Islands
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The South Wellesley Islands, located South of the Wellesley Islands
in the Gulf of Carpentaria
, Queensland
, are :
Wellesley Islands
The 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...
in the Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, are :
- Bentinck Island, Queensland
- Sweers Island
- Fowler Island, Queensland
- Albinia Island
- Horseshoe Island, Queensland
- Allen Island, QueenslandAllen Island, QueenslandAllen Island is an island in the South Wellesley Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. One claim to fame is that it is directly west of Point Parker, that being the northern terminus of a still-born land grant railway from Charleville. Point Parker, though a prominent feature on the map, is...