Adolphus Island - WA

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Position

DEG: -15.1207 128.15113
DMS: 15º 07' 14.52" S 128º 09' 4.04" E
UTM: 52 L 8328148mN 408789mE
Altitude: 95.75m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Island

Location

413.7kms SouthWest of Darwin

Address & Contact

Adolphus Island
Western Australia
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Information

Adolphus Island is an uninhabited island located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is situated in Cambridge Gulf approximately 35 kilometres north of Wyndham and covers an area of about 4,157 hectares (10,272 acres). The island has a maximum height of approximately 235 m.The island, the gulf and many other features surrounding the gulf were named by Philip Parker King who visited the area in 1819 aboard the survey cutter HMS Mermaid but left after spending eleven days charting the gulf, being unable to find supplies of freshwater in the mudflats, rivers and hills that surround the Cambridge Gulf. King named the island after the Duke of Cambridge at the time, Prince Adolphus
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Closest Weather Station

Wyndham Airport at 22/12:30pm WST
Distance from Adolphus Island 43.26km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
39.4°C41.7°C33%20.6°C1005.2hPa0.0mmE9km/hr
5knots
17km/hr
9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wyndham
Distance from Adolphus Island 40.82km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C36.936.035.935.833.531.031.233.536.738.839.438.1
Mean Min. °C26.325.925.423.620.617.516.918.822.825.727.127.0
Mean Rain mm184.9204.3161.436.08.43.93.10.04.022.854.7151.0

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