Sunday Islet (Queensland)

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Sunday Islet (11°55′S, 143°12′E^[1]) is a small island in far north Queensland, Australia 1 km North of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia.

On Sunday 31 May 1789, after the mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Bligh and the men who remained loyal to him arrived on the island on in the ship's boat. He named it Sunday Island because that day was a Sunday.^[2]

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• Sunday Islet (Queensland) is at coordinates 11°55′44″S 143°12′36″E / -11.929, 143.210 (Sunday Islet (Queensland))Coordinates: 11°55′44″S 143°12′36″E / -11.929, 143.210 (Sunday Islet (Queensland))

[edit] References

1. ^ Sunday Island. Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
2. ^ A Voyage to the South Sea by William Bligh, available at Project Gutenberg.