Place Names Register Extract
Skull Island
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Skull Island |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Island |
| Place Id | 18414 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -15° 36' S (Decimal degrees -15.6) | |
| Longitude: 136° 48' E (Decimal degrees 136.800001) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Pellew Islands | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Roper Gulf Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Skull Island in the Sir Edward Pellew Group, appears to have been named in the late 1920s. Skull Is appears in red as a 1934 addition to Chart 445 of 1929 following Lieut. Comm. HT Bennett's hydrographic survey in the HMA surveying ship Geranium in 1923. NT Portion 2147 |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |