Hamersley Channel

Hamersley Channel is a strait in Western Australia, Australia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Intercourse Island and Mistaken Islet.

Island

East Intercourse Island is an uninhabited island in the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. It is around 250 hectares in size. The island is a major iron ore loading port owned and operated by Pilbara Iron, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium.

Islet

Mistaken Island is an uninhabited island in the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Its area is about 10 hectares. It is connected to East Mid Intercourse Island, and thence to the mainland, by a causeway/bridge.

Islet

East Mid Intercourse Island is an uninhabited island in the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. It has an area about 41 hectares; it is connected by a causeway bridge to the mainland and also to Mistaken Island further out.

Nearby places include Dampier.

Town

Dampier is a major industrial port in the Pilbara region in the northwest of Western Australia. It is located near the city of Karratha and Port Walcott.

Latitude

-20.6263° or 20° 37′ 35″ south

Longitude

116.6845° or 116° 41′ 4″ east

Open location code

5PFR9MFM+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=strait

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