East Island (Ashmore and Cartier Islands)

, Also called East Iceland East Islet, is one of three small and uninhabited islands of Ashmore Reef, part of the archipelago of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. The archipelago is located approximately midway between Australia and Timor and is part of the extraterritorial areas in Australia. The archipelago is located about 320 kilometers from the north-west coast of Australia and 144 kilometers from the Indonesian island of Roti.

The small island is composed of coral rubble and sand, which is partially covered by grass and bushes. It is, like the other islands of the archipelago, on the edge of the Australian continental shelf. The land areas of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands are a nature reserve, which has been a marine reserve, the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Iceland Marine Reserve, extended.