East Montalivet Island and West Montalivet Island are islands off coast of the

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, in the state of

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, in the

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. They are often referred to together as the Montlivet Islands, although this is not a gazetted name. They were discovered by

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in 1802, and named after Jean-Pierre Bachasson, 1st count of Montalivet (1766 - 1823),

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and French statesman, in the atlas of his expedition. The locations of the islands are: * East Montalivet Island : * West Montalivet Island :

* Edward Duyker François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, pp. 349, , * Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. ''Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders'', Kent Town, South Australia,Wakefield Press,2004. *Frank Horner, The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801–1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 .
''Nicolas Baudin’s Scientific Expedition To The Terres Australes'' by Steve Reynolds
- Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc. Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia) {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub

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