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    South Wellesley Islands

    The South Wellesley Islands is an island group and locality in the Gulf of Carpentaria within the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. The group is separate from the Wellesley Islands.

    Bentinck Island, Albinia Island
    Bentinck Island, Albinia Island

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    The South Wellesley Islands is an island group and locality in the Gulf of Carpentaria within the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. The group is separate from the Wellesley Islands. Bentinck Island is the only one known to have been inhabited in the past. In the 2021 census, South Wellesley Islands had "no people or a very low population".

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands1
    • Minor islands8
    • Islets5
    • Rocks & skerries1

    Major islands

    1
    • Bentinck Island

      Bentinck Island

      Area
      138 km²
      High point
      22 m

      Bentinck Island is one of the South Wellesley Islands, in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria. The traditional home of the Kaiadilt people, the island was the site of a brutal massacre in 1918 known as the McKenzie massacre, in which many Indigenous inhabitants died.

    Minor islands

    8

    Islets

    5
    • Unnamed island7 m · 0.07 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.05 km²
    • Margaret Island5 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.03 km²
    • Ivis Island0.02 km²

    Rocks & skerries

    1
    • Locust Rock0.8 ha

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level10 m20 m30 m29 mSweers22 mBentinck11 mAllen9 mHorseshoe9 mAlbinia8 mBessie8 mDouglas7 mFowler5 mMargaret4 mLittle Allen
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.0010.010.11101001,000Bentinck: 138 km²BentinckSweers: 11.5 km²SweersAllen: 10.3 km²AllenHorseshoe: 1.7 km²HorseshoeFowler: 0.99 km²FowlerAlbinia: 0.82 km²AlbiniaBessie: 0.16 km²BessieDouglas: 0.16 km²DouglasLittle Allen: 0.12 km²Little AllenUnnamed island: 0.07 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandMargaret: 0.04 km²MargaretUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandIvis: 0.02 km²IvisLocust Rock: 0.8 haLocust Rock
    km², log scale
    Bentinck Island138 km²
    Sweers Island11.5 km²
    Allen Island10.3 km²
    Horseshoe Island1.7 km²
    Fowler Island0.99 km²
    Albinia Island0.82 km²
    Bessie Island0.16 km²
    Douglas Island0.16 km²
    Little Allen Island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Margaret Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Ivis Island0.02 km²
    Locust Rock0.8 ha

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