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Buccaneer Archipelago
The Buccaneer Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Bardi located about 54 kilometres (34 mi) from the western end of the island group.
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The Buccaneer Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Bardi located about 54 kilometres (34 mi) from the western end of the island group. As of 2020, a new marine park was planned to cover some of the islands of the Buccaneer group, to be known as the Mayala Marine Park. This will be separate from the Maiyalam Marine Park, which will cover other islands of the group, and will become part of four marine parks making up the Lalang-gaddam Marine Park.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Cockatoo Island
- Area
- 5.5 km²
- High point
- 131 m
Cockatoo Island is an island in the Buccaneer Archipelago off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby. It was mined for iron ore by BHP from 1951 until 1984. Koolan Island is a neighbouring island that was also mined by BHP for high grade iron ore.
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island75 m · 0.63 km²
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Very few of the thousands of islands off the remote Kimberley bear a name. This island is part of the Prince regent National park
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Photographs
- Buccaneer islands from the air in the wet. Natalie Siegel-Brown / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cockatoo island aerial view small. W.G.Hiley / Public domain