Wallabi Group
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The Wallabi Group is the northernmost group of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos off the western coast of Western Australia.[1] it is Script error: No such module "convert". from the Australian mainland, and about Script error: No such module "convert". from the Easter Group.[2]
The group consists of a number of islands arising from a carbonate platform Script error: No such module "convert". long and up to Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and also the outlying North Island, located Script error: No such module "convert". to the northwest of the main platform. They are the most southerly well-established coral reef in the Indian Ocean.[3]Template:Rp The main islands are North Island, West Wallabi Island, East Wallabi Island, Long Island and Beacon Island.[2] The group is part of the Houtman Abrolhos Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for supporting large numbers of breeding seabirds.[4]
The Wallabi Group is best known for the shipwreck of the Batavia on Morning Reef near Beacon Island in 1629,[5] and the subsequent mutiny and massacres that took place among the survivors.[6] Another wreck for which the location is known is the Hadda, which was wrecked off Beacon Island in April 1877[7] and now lies about a kilometre north of it.[8]
Components of the island group
- Acute Bank
- Assail Bank
- Beacon Island
- East Wallabi Island
- Long Island
- North Island
- North East Reef
- Pigeon Island (Houtman Abrolhos)
- Shag Rock (Houtman Abrolhos)
- South Passage (Houtman Abrolhos)
- Suda Bay Passage
- The Flat (Houtman Abrolhos)
- Traitors Island
- West Wallabi Island
See also
References
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