Wallabi Group

The Wallabi Islands (English Wallabi Group) are a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean, located about 58 km off the Western Australian coast. They form the northernmost group of the Houtman Abrolhos - Archipelago.

Geography

The island region is located 20 km north of the Easter Group, the central group of islands in the archipelago, separated by the Middle Channel. It measures from northwest to southeast about 17 km, from west to east up to 10 km.

The term Wallabi goes back to a genus of small kangaroos, wallabies the. These animals are on the two largest islands in the group, Wallabi West Iceland and East Iceland Wallabi, can often be encountered.

The Wallabi Islands include, in addition to a myriad of small rocky islands, including following islands:

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Notes: 1) The island name Eagle Point Islet, East Mangrove Iceland, Iceland Naturalist, Short Iceland and Iceland Tectus are "unofficial names" this officially unnamed islands. They originate from the Inventory of the Land Conservation Values ​​of the Houtman Abrolhos (English, pdf, . 2.7 MB).

2) North Iceland, although 18 km north-west of West Wallabi Iceland and East Iceland Wallabi located and separated by the South Passage from the rest of the archipelago, is predominantly associated with the Wallabi group.

History

About 1.5 kilometers south of Iceland in the Morning Beacon Reef, on the basis of: In 1629 the Dutch merchant ship Batavia ran into the reefs of the Wallabi Islands, more precisely. The majority of the crew and passengers managed to escape to nearby islets.

Use

All the islands are - for lack of drinking water sources - uninhabited. You may be entered for the protection of fauna and flora only with special permission.