English Island
English Island is an island off the coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is a part of the Sir Joseph Banks Group and close to Sibsey Island. The island is most notable for its large colony of sea lions, and for a secession movement started by the eccentric and self-styled "Sir Ralph Styles of English Island" in 1954.| Tap on a place to explore it |
English Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in South Australia, Australia
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.63781° or 34° 38′ 16″ southLongitude
136.19611° or 136° 11′ 46″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4QQR956W+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 664568119OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2071949Wikidata ID
Q5378298
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“English Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “English Island (pulo sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “English Island”
- Dutch: “English Island”
- Persian: “جزیره اینگلیش”
- Swedish: “English Island”
- Turkish: “English Adası”
- Turkish: “English Island”
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