Misplaced Pages

Montalivet Islands

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Islands of the Kimberley, Western Australia

Montalivet Islands is located in Western AustraliaMontalivet IslandsMontalivet Islandsclass=notpageimage| Location of the Montalivet Islands in the Indian Ocean

East Montalivet Island and West Montalivet Island are islands off coast of the Kimberley region, in the state of Western Australia, in the Indian Ocean. They are often referred to together as the Montlivet Islands, although this is not a gazetted name.

They were discovered by Nicolas Baudin in 1802, and named after Jean-Pierre Bachasson, 1st count of Montalivet (1766 - 1823), peer of France and French statesman, in the atlas of his expedition.

The locations of the islands are:

Further reading

14°17′S 125°15′E / 14.283°S 125.250°E / -14.283; 125.250


Stub icon

This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: