- Marchinbar Island
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Coordinates: 11°15′02″S 136°38′01″E / 11.2505°S 136.6335°E Marchinbar Island is the largest island in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, in the Arafura Sea. It is separated from Rimbija Island, the most northeasterly of the Wessel Islands, by a narrow channel, which is less than 400 meters across at its narrowest point. In the southeast, it is separated from Guluwuru Island by Cumberland Strait, which is 1600 meters wide at its narrowest point.
Administratively, Marchinbar Island is part of Gumurr Marthakal Ward of East Arnhem Shire.
The island is a long and narrow island, 57.4 km long and maximally 8 km wide. It measures 210.9 km² in area[1]. The most northerly point of the island is called Low Point. Sphinx Head is a site of conspicuous cliffs up to 67 meters high, about 16 km SSW of Low Point. Two flat-topped hills south of Sphinx Head rise to a maximum height of 79 meters. The entire east coast of the island is cliffy and high.[2]
The only settlement is Martjanba, a small family outstation on Jensen Bay in the northern part of the island.[3]
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Categories:- Islands of the Northern Territory
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