South Passage is a 14 kilometre (9 mi) wide

strait A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...

that separates the outlying

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

from other islands in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos island chain, in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

off the coast of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

.Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Map sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi It is nominally located at .'' Gazetteer of Australia'' (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.

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North Island (Houtman Abrolhos) Wallabi Group Straits of Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub