Rimbija Island is the northernmost
island
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of the
Wessel Islands
The Wessel Islands is a group of uninhabited islands in the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar ...
group in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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. The most northerly point of the small island is called Cape Wessel. It is separated from
Marchinbar Island
Marchinbar Island is the largest island in the Wessel Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia in the Arafura Sea.
Location
It is separated from Rimbija Island, the most northeasterly of the Wessel Islands, by a narrow channel, which is ...
to the south by a narrow
strait
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, and
Emu Islet a little further to the southwest.
External links
Wessel Islands map
Islands of the Northern Territory
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