Magra Islet is off the coast of

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia 15 km northeast of

Cape Grenville Cape Grenville (), is a small, east-facing promontory along the Queensland, Australia coast of Cape York Peninsula. It lies between Shelburne Bay to the north and Temple Bay to the south. The nearest significant settlement is Weipa, along the ...

in the

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...

. Situated on the north end of Cockburn reef, 2 1/2 km from

Bootie Island Bootie Island is a small island in the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Cockburn Islands Group. Geography Bootie Island is northeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is around ...

; it is little more than a sandy shoal with little vegetation. The islet is a member of the Cockburn Islands in the

Wuthathi The Wuthathi, also known as the Mutjati, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Anthropologist Norman Tindale distinguished the Mutjati from the Otati, whereas AIATSIS treats the two ethnonyms as variants related to th ...

Tumra Region of the GBR Marine Park. It is in the Saunders Islands National Park. Magra Islet was named after James Mario Matra, a midshipman on HMS ''Endeavour'', by Captain James Cook. Marta is believed to be the first American to visit the future Australia.

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Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Uninhabited islands of Australia Islands of Far North Queensland Great Barrier Reef Marine Park {{Queensland-geo-stub