New Year Island (Northern Territory)

New Year Island

New Year Island

Geography
Location| Arafura Sea
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 10°54′29″S 133°01′52″E﻿ / ﻿10.908°S 133.031°E﻿ / -10.908; 133.031
Administration

Australia

New Year Island is an low-lying, uninhabited island in the Arafura Sea. It is part of the Northern Territory of Australia, and is 294 km north-east of Darwin, and 50 km east of Croker Island. It is approximately 2 km long, and 800 metres wide.[1]

Like all islands in the Croker Group, New Year Island is Aboriginal freehold land, held by the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust.[2]

New Year Island is noteworthy in that a small rock 60 metres to its north is the northernmost land in the Northern Territory.[3]

## See also

* List of islands of Australia

## References

1. ↑ "Mapcarta". http://mapcarta.com/16475174. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
2. ↑ "Northern Territory Government: Sites of Conservation Significance". http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/10070/254292/1/11_croker.pdf. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
3. ↑ "Celebrate New Years Eve All Over Australia". http://www.australia.com/en-in/news/2015/october/celebrate-new-years-eve-all-over-australia.html. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

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