List of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos

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This is a list of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the west coast of Australia. It is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.^[1] It is widely reported that the Houtman Abrolhos contains 122 islands, but only the 93 islands listed below had gazetted names in 1996.

In addition to the islands listed below, six island groups have been gazetted. The three main groups are the Wallabi Group, the Easter Group and the Pelsaert Group. In addition, the Easter Group contains a group known as the Eastern Islands, and the Pelsaert group contains groups known as the Mangrove Group and the Numbered Islands.^[1]

[edit] List of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
1 Island	28°54′34″S 113°52′55″E / -28.90944, 113.88194
2 Island	28°54′34″S 113°52′42″E / -28.90944, 113.87833
3 Island	28°54′24″S 113°52′16″E / -28.90667, 113.87111
7 Island	28°54′22″S 113°51′21″E / -28.90611, 113.85583
8 Island	28°53′56″S 113°51′36″E / -28.89889, 113.86
Akerstrom Island	28°28′30″S 113°41′51″E / -28.475, 113.6975
Alcatraz Island	28°27′43″S 113°43′18″E / -28.46194, 113.72167
Alexander Island	28°40′26″S 113°49′44″E / -28.67389, 113.82889
Arthur Island	28°53′55″S 114°0′12″E / -28.89861, 114.00333
Basile Island	28°52′33″S 113°57′38″E / -28.87583, 113.96056
Beacon Island	28°28′35″S 113°47′2″E / -28.47639, 113.78389
Burnett Island	28°52′22″S 113°57′47″E / -28.87278, 113.96306
Burton Island	28°51′59″S 113°59′6″E / -28.86639, 113.985
Bushby Island	28°43′25″S 113°47′7″E / -28.72361, 113.78528
Bynoe Island	28°39′54″S 113°52′31″E / -28.665, 113.87528
Campbell Island	28°41′44″S 113°50′5″E / -28.69556, 113.83472
Coronation Island	28°52′14″S 113°59′7″E / -28.87056, 113.98528
Crake Island	28°44′31″S 113°48′57″E / -28.74194, 113.81583
Dakin Island	28°28′37″S 113°48′25″E / -28.47694, 113.80694
Davis Island	28°54′53″S 113°52′33″E / -28.91472, 113.87583
Dicks Island	28°29′51″S 113°45′56″E / -28.4975, 113.76556
Disappearing Island	28°47′3″S 113°44′23″E / -28.78417, 113.73972
Diver Island	28°52′2″S 113°58′20″E / -28.86722, 113.97222
Dry Island	28°44′22″S 113°46′43″E / -28.73944, 113.77861
East Wallabi Island	28°26′23″S 113°43′33″E / -28.43972, 113.72583
Eastern Island	28°27′55″S 113°48′42″E / -28.46528, 113.81167
Eight Island	28°53′56″S 113°51′36″E / -28.89889, 113.86
Far Island	28°27′40″S 113°48′19″E / -28.46111, 113.80528
First Sister	28°28′39″S 113°44′33″E / -28.4775, 113.7425
Foale Island	28°52′45″S 114°0′20″E / -28.87917, 114.00556
Gaze Island	28°51′50″S 113°59′25″E / -28.86389, 113.99028
Gibson Island	28°41′13″S 113°49′40″E / -28.68694, 113.82778
Gilbert Island	28°40′5″S 113°49′34″E / -28.66806, 113.82611
Gregory Island	28°53′55″S 114°0′19″E / -28.89861, 114.00528
Gun Island	28°53′17″S 113°51′26″E / -28.88806, 113.85722
Hall Island	28°28′18″S 113°48′36″E / -28.47167, 113.81
Hartley Island	28°28′42″S 113°43′39″E / -28.47833, 113.7275
Helms Island	28°40′10″S 113°51′38″E / -28.66944, 113.86056
Hummock Island	28°48′2″S 114°2′20″E / -28.80056, 114.03889
Iris Refuge Island	28°52′48″S 114°0′16″E / -28.88, 114.00444
Jackson Island	28°52′17″S 114°0′10″E / -28.87139, 114.00278
Joe Smith Island	28°40′55″S 113°51′28″E / -28.68194, 113.85778
Jon Jim Island	28°59′14″S 113°57′34″E / -28.98722, 113.95944
Keru Island	28°43′34″S 113°49′57″E / -28.72611, 113.8325
Lagoon Island	28°52′22″S 113°59′39″E / -28.87278, 113.99417
Leo Island	28°41′22″S 113°51′36″E / -28.68944, 113.86
Little North Island	28°37′51″S 113°52′53″E / -28.63083, 113.88139
Little Pigeon Island	28°27′49″S 113°43′20″E / -28.46361, 113.72222
Little Rat Island	28°43′41″S 113°47′7″E / -28.72806, 113.78528
Little Roma Island	28°44′7″S 113°46′51″E / -28.73528, 113.78083
Long Island	28°28′20″S 113°46′21″E / -28.47222, 113.7725
Marinula Island	28°28′31″S 113°41′57″E / -28.47528, 113.69917
Middle Island	28°54′31″S 113°54′36″E / -28.90861, 113.91
Morley Island	28°44′47″S 113°48′45″E / -28.74639, 113.8125
Murray Island	28°53′53″S 113°53′47″E / -28.89806, 113.89639
Newbold Island	28°52′54″S 114°0′19″E / -28.88167, 114.00528
Newman Island	28°51′48″S 113°59′42″E / -28.86333, 113.995
Nook Island	28°51′58″S 113°59′57″E / -28.86611, 113.99917
North Island	28°18′9″S 113°35′41″E / -28.3025, 113.59472
Oystercatcher Island	28°27′48″S 113°42′47″E / -28.46333, 113.71306
Pelican Island	28°27′36″S 113°40′34″E / -28.46, 113.67611
Pelsaert Island	28°55′45″S 113°58′27″E / -28.92917, 113.97417
Pigeon Island	28°27′18″S 113°43′34″E / -28.455, 113.72611
Plover Island	28°28′5″S 113°42′43″E / -28.46806, 113.71194
Post Office Island	28°51′53″S 113°58′28″E / -28.86472, 113.97444
Rat Island	28°42′56″S 113°47′2″E / -28.71556, 113.78389
Robertson Island	28°52′58″S 114°0′20″E / -28.88278, 114.00556
Roma Island	28°43′57″S 113°47′6″E / -28.7325, 113.785
Rotondella Island	28°52′21″S 113°59′45″E / -28.8725, 113.99583
Sandy Island	28°46′31″S 113°47′8″E / -28.77528, 113.78556
Sandy Island	28°52′22″S 113°52′35″E / -28.87278, 113.87639
Saville-Kent Island	28°27′56″S 113°48′27″E / -28.46556, 113.8075
Seagull Island	28°27′29″S 113°42′52″E / -28.45806, 113.71444
Seal Island	28°29′1″S 113°48′7″E / -28.48361, 113.80194
Serventy Island	28°40′59″S 113°49′52″E / -28.68306, 113.83111
Shearwater Island	28°43′56″S 113°49′29″E / -28.73222, 113.82472
Sid Liddon Island	28°54′40″S 113°51′49″E / -28.91111, 113.86361
Square Island	28°54′7″S 113°56′38″E / -28.90194, 113.94389
Stick Island	28°53′22″S 113°55′11″E / -28.88944, 113.91972
Stokes Island	28°40′30″S 113°51′2″E / -28.675, 113.85056
Suomi Island	28°42′45″S 113°50′17″E / -28.7125, 113.83806
Sweet Island	28°55′1″S 113°52′17″E / -28.91694, 113.87139
Tapani Island	28°40′30″S 113°51′16″E / -28.675, 113.85444
Tattler Island	28°28′10″S 113°42′22″E / -28.46944, 113.70611
Third Sister	28°29′46″S 113°44′23″E / -28.49611, 113.73972
Traitors Island	28°29′6″S 113°46′57″E / -28.485, 113.7825
Travia Island	28°51′52″S 113°59′12″E / -28.86444, 113.98667
Turnstone Island	28°27′9″S 113°42′57″E / -28.4525, 113.71583
Uncle Margie Island	28°52′4″S 113°57′59″E / -28.86778, 113.96639
Wann Island	28°28′19″S 113°45′45″E / -28.47194, 113.7625
West Wallabi Island	28°28′3″S 113°41′12″E / -28.4675, 113.68667
White Island	28°40′16″S 113°52′30″E / -28.67111, 113.875
Wooded Island	28°45′7″S 113°48′20″E / -28.75194, 113.80556

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