Skull Island
Skull Island is an island in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a part of the Sir Edward Pellew Group of islands which lie in the bay into which the McArthur River flows, King Ash Bay, within the Gulf of Carpentaria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Skull Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Pellew Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-15.6028° or 15° 36′ 10″ southLongitude
136.79857° or 136° 47′ 55″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
5QPR9QWX+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 161446293OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2061457Wikidata ID
Q7536937
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Skull Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skull Island”
- Dutch: “Skull Island”
- Swedish: “Skull Island”
- Turkish: “Skull Adası (I)”
- Turkish: “Skull Adası”
- Turkish: “Skull Island”
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