Australia
Western Australia
Shire of Ashburton

Anchor Island

Bessieres Island is a small island off the coast of north-west . It is uninhabited, however it does contain a lighthouse. The most recent total Solar eclipse visible from could be seen from Bessieres Island, on April 20, 2023.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Bessieres Island”, “Bessieres Island, Western Australia”, and “Bessiers Island”

Anchor Island

Latitude
-21.52537° or 21° 31′ 31″ south
Longitude
114.76231° or 114° 45′ 44″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
5PCPFQF6+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 14230624
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2077776
Wiki­data ID
Q830199
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Anchor Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bessieres Island”
  • Dutch: “Bessieres Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيسيريس ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيسيريس”
  • German: “Bessieres Island”
  • Swedish: “Bessieres Island”
  • Turkish: “Bessieres Adası”
  • Turkish: “Bessieres Island”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Anchor Island”. Photo: JarrahTree, CC0.