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The Cunningham Islands is a small group of islands located south of the Wessel Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia. Both Bumaga Island and Warnawi Island are in the Cunningham Islands group and the Wessel Islands group.
Coordinates: 11°44′S136°06′E / 11.733°S 136.100°E
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Elcho Island, known to its traditional owners as Galiwin'ku (Galiwinku) is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region. Galiwin'ku is also the name of the settlement where the island's largest community lives. Elcho Island formed part of the traditional lands of the Yan-nhaŋu, according to Norman Tindale. According to J. C. Jennison, the Aboriginal inhabitants were the Dhuwal, who called themselves the Kokalango Mala (mala=clan.)
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Marchinbar Island is the largest island in the Wessel Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia in the Arafura Sea.
Bumaga Island is an island in both the Wessel Islands group and the Cunningham Islands group in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Rimbija Island is the northernmost island of the Wessel Islands group in the Northern Territory of Australia. The most northerly point of the small island is called Cape Wessel. It is separated from Marchinbar Island to the south by a narrow strait, and Emu Islet a little further to the southwest.
Warnawi Island is a small island which is part of both the Wessel Islands group and the Cunningham Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of two islands to do, the other being Bumaga Island.
Drysdale Island is a large but low-lying island in the Wessel Islands group in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) long and up to 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) wide. It measures 49.5 square kilometres (19.1 sq mi) in area.
Raragala Island is one of the Wessel Islands in Northern Territory, Australia. Its area is 89 km².
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