Willis Island
Mid Islet
16°13′S 150°00′E
Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The island is located some 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Cairns, Queensland. 5 mi).
Terrain
16°13′S 150°00′E
Overview
Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The island is located some 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Cairns, Queensland. It is the southernmost of the Willis Islets, a group of three islands which with their associated sandy cays stretch in a NNE to SSW line for about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). Willis Island itself is aligned NW to SE and is about 500 metres (1,600 ft) long by 150 metres (490 ft) wide, 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in area, rising to about 9 metres (30 ft) above sea level.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- North Cay11 km
Also in Willis Islets
North Cay
0.26 km²▲ 5 m
Major islands
Photographs
Aerial Photo of Willis Island during Bureau of Meteorology re-development of weather observations facilities 2006.
Typical Booby habitat. Willis Island (Coral Sea islands), Australia.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Willis Island. User:Kahnx at en.wiki / Public domain
- BoobyHabitat. Gsh1967 / Public domain