28°28′S113°42′E / 28.467°S 113.700°E /-28.467; 113.700
TheWallabi Group is the northernmost group of islands in theHoutman Abrolhos off the western coast ofWestern Australia.[1] It is located 58 kilometres (36 miles) from theAustralian mainland and about 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) from theEaster Group.[2]
The group consists of a number of islands arising from acarbonate platform 17 kilometres (11 miles) long and up to 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) wide, and also the outlyingNorth Island, located 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) to the northwest of the main platform. They are the most southerly well-established coral reef in the Indian Ocean.[3]: 3 The main islands areNorth Island,West Wallabi Island,East Wallabi Island,Long Island andBeacon Island.[2] The group is part of the Houtman AbrolhosImportant Bird Area, recognized byBirdLife International for its importance to large numbers of breeding seabirds.[4]
The Wallabi Group is best known for theshipwreck of theBatavia onMorning Reef near Beacon Island in 1629,[5] and the subsequentmutiny andmassacres that took place among the survivors.[6] Another wreck for which the location is known is theHadda, which wrecked offBeacon Island in April 1877[7] and now lies about a kilometre north of it.[8]
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