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 within the Gulf of Carpentaria in the bay where the McArthur River flows, near King Ash Bay.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″ south
Longitude
136.79857° or 136° 47′ 55″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
5QPR9QWX+VC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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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