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Drysdale Island

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The much smaller and uninhabited Yargara Island (little more than one square kilometre in area) lies directly north and is separated from it by a shallow, rocky channel 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide. Its nearest neighbour to the south-west is
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of Australia. It is 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) long and up to 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) wide. It measures 49.5 square kilometres (19.1 sq mi) in area.
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There are numerous small lakes within it which are easily accessed by the tide, some of which are submerged for prolonged periods of time.
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UN System-Wide Earthwatch Web Site (Island Directory)
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island
Wessel Islands
Northern Territory
Aboriginal outstation
Graham Island
"Islands of Australia"
"Yirringa"
the original
11°41′S 136°00′E / 11.683°S 136.000°E / -11.683; 136.000
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Bremer
Burney
Crocodile
Milingimbi
Croker Group
Croker
New Year
East Woody
Goulburn
Groote Eylandt
Bickerton
Haul Round
Higginson
Howard
Inglis
Maria
Peron
Rimbija

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