Investigator StraitAustralia
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Althorpe Islands
The Althorpe Islands are a group of islands in the Investigator Strait, off the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The group includes Althorpe Island and two rocky islets immediately to its west known as The Boobs. 7 km south-southwest of Cape Spencer on the mainland.
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The Althorpe Islands are a group of islands in the Investigator Strait, off the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The group includes Althorpe Island and two rocky islets immediately to its west known as The Boobs. These are located 7.7 km south-southwest of Cape Spencer on the mainland. Closer inshore are Seal Island and Haystack Island, which together with Althorpe Island and The Boobs constitute the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park. A management plan for the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park was adopted in 2009. The islands are uninhabited and can only be accessed by sea or by helicopter.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets2
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Althorpe Island
- Area
- 0.91 km²
- High point
- 95 m
Islets
- Unnamed island16 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.01 km²
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Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Althorpe Island | 0.91 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
Photographs
Skipway for carrying stores and building materials to a lighthouse - Althorpe Islands.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Yorke Peninsula Althorpe Island from Stenhouse Bay(GN09177). State Government Photographer / CC0
- Althorpe Islands Skipway(GN00191). State Government Photographer / CC0