Drysdale Island
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Drysdale Island is a large yet low lying island
in the Wessel Islands
group in the Northern Territory
of Australia
. It is 12.4 km long and up to 6.4 km wide. It measures 49.5 km² in area.
The only settlement is Yirringa, a small family outstation at the northeastern end.
There are numerous small lakes within it which are easily accessed by the tide, some of which are submerged for prolonged periods of time.
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 wide. Nearest neighbour to the south(west) is Graham Island, separated by a 1600 metre wide marine channel. The easternmost point of the island is called Dale Point.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the Wessel Islands
Wessel Islands
The Wessel Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar Island is the largest of the group...
group in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is 12.4 km long and up to 6.4 km wide. It measures 49.5 km² in area.
The only settlement is Yirringa, a small family outstation at the northeastern end.
There are numerous small lakes within it which are easily accessed by the tide, some of which are submerged for prolonged periods of time.
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 wide. Nearest neighbour to the south(west) is Graham Island, separated by a 1600 metre wide marine channel. The easternmost point of the island is called Dale Point.