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20°28′S 115°32′E
Montebello Islands
The Montebello Islands, also rendered as the Monte Bello Islands, are an archipelago of around 174 small islands, about 92 of which are named, lying 20 km (12 mi) north of Barrow Island and 130 km (81 mi) off the Pilbara coast of north-western Australia.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Chart
Overview
The Montebello Islands, also rendered as the Monte Bello Islands, are an archipelago of around 174 small islands, about 92 of which are named, lying 20 km (12 mi) north of Barrow Island and 130 km (81 mi) off the Pilbara coast of north-western Australia. The islands form a marine conservation reserve of 58,331 ha (144,139 acres) administered by the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation. The islands were the site of three British atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, in 1952 and 1956.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands5
- Minor islands9
- Islets116
- Rocks & skerries125
Major islands
Hermite Island
- Area
- 9.8 km²
- High point
- 25 m
Trimouille Island
- Area
- 4.8 km²
- High point
- 35 m
North West Island
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Alpha Island
- Area
- 1 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Bluebell Island
- Area
- 0.61 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Minor islands
Renewal Island
- Area
- 0.49 km²
- High point
- 20 m
Primrose Island
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Campbell Island
- Area
- 0.37 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Crocus Island
- Area
- 0.36 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Delta Island
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- High point
- 16 m
Ah Chong Island
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 15 m
South East Island
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Brooke Island
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Gardenia Island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 14 of 255; the rest are on the chart.
Figures
Comparative heights
- Trimouille: 35 m
- Alpha: 28 m
- Hermite: 25 m
- Renewal: 20 m
- North West: 18 m
- South East: 18 m
- Crocus: 17 m
- Delta: 16 m
- Campbell: 15 m
- Ah Chong: 15 m
- Brooke: 14 m
- Bluebell: 13 m
- Primrose: 13 m
- Gardenia: 11 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Hermite Island | 9.8 km² |
| Trimouille Island | 4.8 km² |
| North West Island | 1.1 km² |
| Alpha Island | 1 km² |
| Bluebell Island | 0.61 km² |
| Renewal Island | 0.49 km² |
| Primrose Island | 0.39 km² |
| Campbell Island | 0.37 km² |
| Crocus Island | 0.36 km² |
| Delta Island | 0.32 km² |
| Ah Chong Island | 0.21 km² |
| South East Island | 0.15 km² |
| Brooke Island | 0.12 km² |
| Gardenia Island | 0.11 km² |
Photographs
View of Western Australia taken during ISS Expedition 26.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
View of Western Australia taken during ISS Expedition 26.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Montebello Islands, off the north west of Western Australia
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- ISS026-E-12535 - View of Western Australia. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
- ISS026-E-12536 - View of Western Australia. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
- Montebello Islands-NASA. User:Moondyne / Public domain