East Island (Ashmore and Cartier Islands)
- East Island (Ashmore and Cartier Islands)
| url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/at.html | title = Ashmore and Cartier Islands | accessdate = 2007-11-12] the islet's gazetted name is, however, "East Island".
It has an area of around 25,000 square metres. Like the other islands on the reef, it is unpopulated. Politically it is part of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, an external territory of Australia. Some Indonesian groups dispute Australia's claim to these island, however.
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