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List of named islands in the Montebello Islands archipelago facts for kids

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The Montebello Islands is an archipelago lying off the Pilbara coast of north-western Western Australia.

There are about 180 islands in the group, most of which are small, and many of which have not been individually named or gazetted.

The largest islands are Hermite (1,022 hectares or 2,530 acres) and Trimouille (522 hectares or 1,290 acres) which, together, comprise about 70% of the collective land area.

Islands

Name Coordinates Reference
Ah Chong Island 20°31′26″S 115°32′36″E / 20.52389°S 115.54333°E / -20.52389; 115.54333
Alpha Island 20°24′35″S 115°31′21″E / 20.40972°S 115.5225°E / -20.40972; 115.5225
Aster Island 20°25′48″S 115°34′44″E / 20.43°S 115.57889°E / -20.43; 115.57889
Atriplex Island 20°26′12″S 115°30′21″E / 20.43667°S 115.50583°E / -20.43667; 115.50583
Avicennia Island 20°30′28″S 115°32′25″E / 20.50778°S 115.54028°E / -20.50778; 115.54028
Banksia Island 20°24′10″S 115°30′54″E / 20.40278°S 115.515°E / -20.40278; 115.515
Beaufortia Island 20°24′09″S 115°31′25″E / 20.4025°S 115.52361°E / -20.4025; 115.52361
Birthday Island 20°23′05″S 115°31′01″E / 20.38472°S 115.51694°E / -20.38472; 115.51694
Bloodwood Island 20°30′57″S 115°31′42″E / 20.51583°S 115.52833°E / -20.51583; 115.52833
Bluebell Island 20°23′50″S 115°31′14″E / 20.39722°S 115.52056°E / -20.39722; 115.52056
Boab Island 20°30′53″S 115°31′24″E / 20.51472°S 115.52328°E / -20.51472; 115.52328
Boronia Island 20°23′31″S 115°30′50″E / 20.39194°S 115.51389°E / -20.39194; 115.51389
Brooke Island 20°26′02″S 115°30′11″E / 20.43389°S 115.50306°E / -20.43389; 115.50306
Buttercup Island 20°29′06″S 115°32′08″E / 20.485°S 115.53556°E / -20.485; 115.53556
Cajuput Island 20°23′41″S 115°32′05″E / 20.39472°S 115.53472°E / -20.39472; 115.53472
Caladenia Island 20°25′38″S 115°31′36″E / 20.42722°S 115.52667°E / -20.42722; 115.52667
Callitris Island 20°29′48″S 115°33′39″E / 20.49667°S 115.56083°E / -20.49667; 115.56083
Campbell Island 20°25′41″S 115°32′41″E / 20.42806°S 115.54472°E / -20.42806; 115.54472
Capparis Island 20°25′57″S 115°31′08″E / 20.4325°S 115.51889°E / -20.4325; 115.51889
Carnation Island 20°22′41″S 115°31′25″E / 20.37806°S 115.52361°E / -20.37806; 115.52361
Cassia Island 20°25′20″S 115°34′37″E / 20.42222°S 115.57694°E / -20.42222; 115.57694
Clematis Island 20°31′13″S 115°32′49″E / 20.52028°S 115.54694°E / -20.52028; 115.54694
Coolibah Island 20°31′46″S 115°32′30″E / 20.52944°S 115.54167°E / -20.52944; 115.54167
Corkwood Islands 20°30′37″S 115°31′30″E / 20.51028°S 115.525°E / -20.51028; 115.525
Crocus Island 20°25′18″S 115°31′31″E / 20.42167°S 115.52528°E / -20.42167; 115.52528
Dahlia Island 20°25′44″S 115°34′44″E / 20.42889°S 115.57889°E / -20.42889; 115.57889
Daisy Island 20°26′21″S 115°34′50″E / 20.43917°S 115.58056°E / -20.43917; 115.58056
Dandelion Island 20°25′55″S 115°34′47″E / 20.43194°S 115.57972°E / -20.43194; 115.57972
Delta Island 20°26′33″S 115°32′53″E / 20.4425°S 115.54806°E / -20.4425; 115.54806
Dot Island 20°26′09″S 115°34′49″E / 20.43583°S 115.58028°E / -20.43583; 115.58028
Drosera Island 20°30′34″S 115°31′12″E / 20.50944°S 115.52°E / -20.50944; 115.52
Dryandra Island 20°30′44″S 115°31′52″E / 20.51222°S 115.53111°E / -20.51222; 115.53111
Epsilon Island 20°26′41″S 115°34′50″E / 20.44472°S 115.58056°E / -20.44472; 115.58056
Eremophila Island 20°32′15″S 115°32′23″E / 20.5375°S 115.53972°E / -20.5375; 115.53972
Euphorbia Island 20°26′04″S 115°31′06″E / 20.43444°S 115.51833°E / -20.43444; 115.51833
Fairy Tern Island 20°24′26″S 115°31′00″E / 20.40722°S 115.51667°E / -20.40722; 115.51667
Fig Island 20°30′06″S 115°33′32″E / 20.50167°S 115.55889°E / -20.50167; 115.55889
Flag Island 20°27′29″S 115°34′50″E / 20.45806°S 115.58056°E / -20.45806; 115.58056
Foxglove Island 20°28′56″S 115°32′32″E / 20.48222°S 115.54222°E / -20.48222; 115.54222
Frankenia Island 20°22′37″S 115°31′17″E / 20.37694°S 115.52139°E / -20.37694; 115.52139
Gannet Island 20°26′48″S 115°34′07″E / 20.44667°S 115.56861°E / -20.44667; 115.56861
Gardenia Island 20°22′58″S 115°31′42″E / 20.38278°S 115.52833°E / -20.38278; 115.52833
Glossypium Island 20°30′47″S 115°32′42″E / 20.51306°S 115.545°E / -20.51306; 115.545
Goodenia Island 20°25′37″S 115°30′42″E / 20.42694°S 115.51167°E / -20.42694; 115.51167
Grevillea Island 20°31′10″S 115°32′37″E / 20.51944°S 115.54361°E / -20.51944; 115.54361
Hakea Islands 20°27′08″S 115°36′23″E / 20.45222°S 115.60639°E / -20.45222; 115.60639
Hermite Island 20°28′00″S 115°31′29″E / 20.46667°S 115.52472°E / -20.46667; 115.52472
Hibbertia Island 20°23′12″S 115°31′51″E / 20.38667°S 115.53083°E / -20.38667; 115.53083
Hibiscus Island 20°23′21″S 115°31′06″E / 20.38917°S 115.51833°E / -20.38917; 115.51833
Hollyhock Island 20°22′39″S 115°32′52″E / 20.3775°S 115.54778°E / -20.3775; 115.54778
Hovea Island 20°26′26″S 115°30′49″E / 20.44056°S 115.51361°E / -20.44056; 115.51361
How Island 20°25′10″S 115°33′15″E / 20.41944°S 115.55417°E / -20.41944; 115.55417
Ipomoea Island 20°25′48″S 115°31′27″E / 20.43°S 115.52417°E / -20.43; 115.52417
Ivy Island 20°29′38″S 115°32′41″E / 20.49389°S 115.54472°E / -20.49389; 115.54472
Jarrah Islands 20°23′41″S 115°31′53″E / 20.39472°S 115.53139°E / -20.39472; 115.53139
Jasmine Islands 20°23′12″S 115°32′00″E / 20.38667°S 115.53333°E / -20.38667; 115.53333
Jonquil Island 20°23′50″S 115°31′57″E / 20.39722°S 115.5325°E / -20.39722; 115.5325
Karangi Island 20°26′01″S 115°36′13″E / 20.43361°S 115.60361°E / -20.43361; 115.60361
Karara Island 20°24′02″S 115°32′00″E / 20.40056°S 115.53333°E / -20.40056; 115.53333
Karri Islands 20°22′52″S 115°30′52″E / 20.38111°S 115.51444°E / -20.38111; 115.51444
Kennedia Island 20°30′18″S 115°31′59″E / 20.505°S 115.53306°E / -20.505; 115.53306
Kingcup Island 20°23′26″S 115°31′56″E / 20.39056°S 115.53222°E / -20.39056; 115.53222
Kingia Island 20°24′04″S 115°31′56″E / 20.40111°S 115.53222°E / -20.40111; 115.53222
Kunzea Island 20°25′18″S 115°31′39″E / 20.42167°S 115.5275°E / -20.42167; 115.5275
Kurrajong Island 20°26′27″S 115°32′19″E / 20.44083°S 115.53861°E / -20.44083; 115.53861
Leschenaultia Island 20°24′48″S 115°32′33″E / 20.41333°S 115.5425°E / -20.41333; 115.5425
Lily Island 20°25′11″S 115°35′13″E / 20.41972°S 115.58694°E / -20.41972; 115.58694
Livistona Island 20°31′52″S 115°32′07″E / 20.53111°S 115.53528°E / -20.53111; 115.53528
Lobelia Island 20°25′43″S 115°34′32″E / 20.42861°S 115.57556°E / -20.42861; 115.57556
Marigold Island 20°27′29″S 115°33′20″E / 20.45806°S 115.55556°E / -20.45806; 115.55556
Marri Islands 20°23′02″S 115°31′25″E / 20.38389°S 115.52361°E / -20.38389; 115.52361
Melaleuca Island 20°24′59″S 115°31′28″E / 20.41639°S 115.52444°E / -20.41639; 115.52444
Minnieritchie Islands 20°28′04″S 115°34′31″E / 20.46778°S 115.57528°E / -20.46778; 115.57528
Mistletoe Island 20°22′57″S 115°31′15″E / 20.3825°S 115.52083°E / -20.3825; 115.52083
Mulga Islands 20°30′40″S 115°31′19″E / 20.51111°S 115.52194°E / -20.51111; 115.52194
Myoporum Island 20°27′40″S 115°34′45″E / 20.46111°S 115.57917°E / -20.46111; 115.57917
North West Island 20°21′46″S 115°31′33″E / 20.36278°S 115.52583°E / -20.36278; 115.52583
Pansy Island 20°22′26″S 115°32′41″E / 20.37389°S 115.54472°E / -20.37389; 115.54472
Patersonia Island 20°22′03″S 115°30′51″E / 20.3675°S 115.51417°E / -20.3675; 115.51417
Pimelea Island 20°25′43″S 115°34′31″E / 20.42861°S 115.57528°E / -20.42861; 115.57528
Primrose Island 20°22′15″S 115°30′58″E / 20.37083°S 115.51611°E / -20.37083; 115.51611
Ptilotus Island 20°28′02″S 115°31′06″E / 20.46722°S 115.51833°E / -20.46722; 115.51833
Quandong Islands 20°27′06″S 115°34′50″E / 20.45167°S 115.58056°E / -20.45167; 115.58056
Renewal Island 20°28′02″S 115°32′56″E / 20.46722°S 115.54889°E / -20.46722; 115.54889
Rhagodia Island 20°26′27″S 115°34′46″E / 20.44083°S 115.57944°E / -20.44083; 115.57944
Rose Island 20°25′18″S 115°33′04″E / 20.42167°S 115.55111°E / -20.42167; 115.55111
Santalum Island 20°26′20″S 115°30′33″E / 20.43889°S 115.50917°E / -20.43889; 115.50917
Senna Island 20°25′22″S 115°34′37″E / 20.42278°S 115.57694°E / -20.42278; 115.57694
Sesbania Island 20°22′05″S 115°31′12″E / 20.36806°S 115.52°E / -20.36806; 115.52
Sida Island 20°28′25″S 115°32′14″E / 20.47361°S 115.53722°E / -20.47361; 115.53722
Snakewood Island 20°30′31″S 115°31′45″E / 20.50861°S 115.52917°E / -20.50861; 115.52917
Snappy Gum Island 20°31′08″S 115°31′42″E / 20.51889°S 115.52833°E / -20.51889; 115.52833
Solanum Island 20°31′09″S 115°31′52″E / 20.51917°S 115.53111°E / -20.51917; 115.53111
South East Island 20°25′23″S 115°35′25″E / 20.42306°S 115.59028°E / -20.42306; 115.59028
Spar Island 20°29′11″S 115°33′49″E / 20.48639°S 115.56361°E / -20.48639; 115.56361
Spinifex Island 20°25′09″S 115°31′10″E / 20.41917°S 115.51944°E / -20.41917; 115.51944
Stylidium Island 20°25′47″S 115°31′03″E / 20.42972°S 115.5175°E / -20.42972; 115.5175
Swainsona Island 20°30′24″S 115°31′42″E / 20.50667°S 115.52833°E / -20.50667; 115.52833
Triodia Island 20°26′19″S 115°30′44″E / 20.43861°S 115.51222°E / -20.43861; 115.51222
Trimouille Island 20°23′41″S 115°33′50″E / 20.39472°S 115.56389°E / -20.39472; 115.56389
Verticordia Island 20°26′05″S 115°34′47″E / 20.43472°S 115.57972°E / -20.43472; 115.57972
Violet Island 20°23′20″S 115°34′45″E / 20.38889°S 115.57917°E / -20.38889; 115.57917
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