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Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...
Wasp Island, the only island in Durras Inlet near Batemans Bay [4] Wedding Cake Island, a small island off the coast of Coogee; Windang Island, a small island at the entrance to Lake Illawarra; Woodford Island, in the Clarence River immediately upstream of Maclean; Yellow Rock Island, at junction of Bellinger and Kalang Rivers near Urunga
Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean A map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Heard Island, by far the largest of the group, is a 368-square-kilometre (142 sq mi) mountainous island covered by 41 glaciers [22] (the island is 80% covered with ice [2]) and dominated by the Big Ben massif.
Climate map of Australia. By far the largest part of Australia is arid or semi-arid. A total of 18% of Australia's mainland consists of named deserts, [20] while additional areas are considered to have a desert climate based on low rainfall and high temperature. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately ...
Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of 64,519 km 2 (24,911 sq mi) [1] - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. There are more than 1000 smaller islands which have a combined area of 4,055 km 2 (1,566 sq mi), making up the remaining 5.9% of total land area. [2 ...
The Tiwi Islands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island , Bathurst Island , and nine smaller uninhabited islands, with a combined area of 8,320 square kilometres (3,212 sq mi).
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook. [1]
The island lies around 120 km (75 mi) south-east of Esperance. [7] [8] The island is 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) long, has an area of 1,080 hectares (2,669 acres), and is approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) off shore from Cape Arid. [3] The island is the largest in the Recherche Archipelago. [9] Goose Island is just off the north coast of Middle Island ...