Australia
Western Australia
Perth

Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island is an island about 20 km off the coast of with a permanent population of around 300 people. It receives around 500,000 visitors a year, and up to 15,000 visitors at a time during peak periods and is best known for its adorable quokkas.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island near Perth, Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Rottnest Island / Wadjemup”, “Rottnest Island, Western Australia”, “Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia”, “Rottnest Island/Wadjemup”, “Rotto”, and “Wadjemup”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wadjemup Lighthouse and Lake Negri.

Lighthouse
Photo: Djanga, CC BY 2.5.
Completed in 1849, the original 20-metre was 's first stone lighthouse and was built to provide a safer sailing passage for ships to Fremantle Port and the Swan River Colony.

Lake
Photo: Samwilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: MaxEmanuel, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oliver Hill Battery.

Locality
Photo: Lpm43792, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Rottnest Island

Latitude
-32.007° or 32° 0′ 25″ south
Longitude
115.5042° or 115° 30′ 15″ east
Population
334
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
IATA airport code
RTS
Open location code
4PVQXGV3+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5613236857
Geo­Names ID
2062194
Wiki­data ID
Q585317
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rottnest Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rottnest Island”
  • Afrikaans: “Rottnest-eiland”
  • Bengali: “রটনেস্ট দ্বীপ”
  • Cebuano: “Rottnest Island”
  • Chinese: “罗特内斯特岛”
  • Chinese: “羅特尼斯島”
  • Czech: “Rottnest”
  • Dutch: “Rottnest Island”
  • Dutch: “Rottnesteiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روتنيسانت ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روتنيسانت”
  • Esperanto: “Rottnest Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Rottnest”
  • Finnish: “Rottnest Island”
  • French: “île Rottnest”
  • French: “Rottnest Island”
  • French: “Rotto”
  • Galician: “Illa Rottnest”
  • German: “Rottnest Island”
  • German: “Rotto”
  • Hebrew: “האי רוטנסט”
  • Hindi: “रॉटनेस्ट द्वीप”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Rottnest”
  • Italian: “Isola Rottnest”
  • Italian: “Rottnest Island”
  • Japanese: “ロット”
  • Japanese: “ロットネスト・アイランド”
  • Japanese: “ロットネスト島”
  • Japanese: “ワジェップ”
  • Persian: “جزیره راتنست”
  • Polish: “Rottnest”
  • Russian: “остров Ротнест”
  • Russian: “Ротнест”
  • Russian: “Роттнест”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Rottnest”
  • Spanish: “Isla Rottnest”
  • Spanish: “Rotto”
  • Swedish: “Rottnest”
  • Turkish: “Rottnest Adası”
  • Turkish: “Rottnest Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Роттнест”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ راٹنیسٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗得乃斯脱岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅特尼斯島”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Rottnest Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.