Katers Island is an uninhabited island located in the
Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of
Western Australia.
The island encompasses an area of .
Found approximately off-shore the island has a maximum elevation of it is composed of scarp country with massive
scree and deep joints.
A new species of Rock Wallaby, ''
Petrogale burbidgei
The monjon (''Petrogale burbidgei'') is the smallest species of rock-wallabies ('' Petrogale'') and is found in north-west Australia. They are restricted to a small area of the Kimberley region and on nearby islands in the Bonaparte Archipelag ...
''. was discovered on Katers and other islands in the archipelago in 1977.
References
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Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia)
Uninhabited islands of Australia