List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia
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List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia is a list of islands located within the watercourse of the Murray River within the Australian state of South Australia from the mouth of the river at Encounter Bay in the south to the borders with the states of New South Wales and Victoria in the east including the following lakes located adjacent to the river's mouth - Coorong, Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina.
The following list includes islands (listed from west to east) in the Coorong as well as the following two channels connecting it to Port Pullen at the Murray Mouth - the Coorong Channel and the Tauwitchere Channel. As of 2014, all of the islands in the following list were within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Lake Albert
| Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Bascombe Island | 35°43′35″S 139°15′49″E / 35.72648039°S 139.26348163°E | Island is located in a bay at the south end of the lake also known as Bascombe Bay[2][7][28] |
Lake Alexandrina
The following is a list of islands (from west to east) within Lake Alexandrina and including the group of islands at the southern end of the lake.[6]
| Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Goose Island | 35°29′30″S 138°49′53″E / 35.49172152°S 138.83152770°E | An island that was inundated by the water level rise caused by the construction of the barrages in the 1930s. It lies within the boundaries of the Currency Creek Game Reserve.[29] |
| Billygoat Islands | 35°29′18″S 138°50′11″E / 35.48844308°S 138.83643637°E | It is reported as being a group of small islands of which many were inundated by the water level rise in the river system caused by the construction of the barrages in the 1930s. It lies within the boundaries of the Currency Creek Game Reserve.[30] |
| Reedy Island | 35°31′53″S 138°50′39″E / 35.531270°S 138.844230°E | Island located in the Goolwa Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.[1][31] |
| Rushy Island | 35°32′08″S 138°50′59″E / 35.535440°S 138.849680°E | Island located in the Goolwa Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.[1][32] |
| Hindmarsh Island | 35°30′58″S 138°52′34″E / 35.51618332°S 138.87616566°E | [1][2][33] |
| Bird Island | 35°33′10″S 138°53′44″E / 35.55288311°S 138.89542664°E | Island located in the Coorong Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park. Also, known as Gull Island.[1][2][34] |
| Varcoe Island | 35°32′31″S 138°54′04″E / 35.541960°S 138.901010°E | Island located in Mundoo channel between Hindmarsh and Mundoo Islands.,[1][35] |
| Lucerne Island | 35°31′54″S 138°55′31″E / 35.53156940°S 138.92519926°E | [1][4][36] |
| Mundoo Island | 35°32′47″S 138°56′02″E / 35.546510°S 138.9339°E | [1][2][37] |
| Goose Island | 35°30′05″S 138°56′09″E / 35.50127164°S 138.93570995°E | Island located east of the town of Clayton Bay.[1][38] |
| Goat Island | 35°30′15″S 138°56′37″E / 35.504110°S 138.943560°E | Island located east of town of Clayton Bay.[1][39] |
| Ewe Island | 35°33′23″S 138°56′49″E / 35.556260°S 138.947020°E | According to an atlas published in 1877, it and Long Island were considered to be one island known as Reedy Island.[1][2][40][41] |
| Rat Island | 35°31′13″S 138°57′33″E / 35.520140°S 138.959110°E | Also called Ram Island.[1][42][43] |
| Long Island | 35°32′15″S 138°59′06″E / 35.537480°S 138.98487346°E | Also known as Ram Island and as Grindstone Island. According to an atlas published in 1877, it and Ewe Island were considered to be one island known as Reedy Island.[1][2][44][41] |
| Tauwitchere Island | 35°34′28″S 138°59′22″E / 35.574560°S 138.989540°E | Island is reported as also being named Towagery, Towatchery and Talwadjeri Island and as having an area of 144 hectares (356 acres).[45][46] |
| Myrtle Island | 35°34′08″S 138°59′32″E / 35.5689°S 138.992280°E | Island located within the Mud Islands Game Reserve.[47][48] |
| Snake Island | 35°33′41″S 138°59′49″E / 35.56143004°S 138.99698025°E | [3][49][46] |
| Mud Island | 35°33′51″S 139°00′43″E / 35.564130°S 139.011910°E | Island reported as having an area of 17 hectares (43 acres). It lies within the boundaries of the Mud Island Game Reserve.[50] |
| Reedy Island No 2 | 35°33′22″S 139°00′43″E / 35.5560°S 139.012070°E | [4][46][51] |
| Pomanda Island | 35°24′58″S 139°18′29″E / 35.41600826°S 139.30799221°E | Island located adjacent of the channel of the Murray River immediately south of its entry into Lake Alexandrina.[52][53] |
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Wellington to Morgan
The following is a list of islands (from south to north) within the river’s channel between the town of Wellington and the town of Morgan.
| Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Gawler Island | 35°08′50″S 139°18′35″E / 35.14728707°S 139.30978°E | Island located south east of the city of Murray Bridge and is located beneath the Swanport Bridge.[54][55] |
| Long Island | 35°07′48″S 139°17′59″E / 35.130070°S 139.299730°E | The island located immediately opposite Murray Bridge and is within the boundaries of the Long Island Recreation Park. The island is considered by the Ngarrindjeri, the Australian Aboriginal people associated with the locality, to be “highly sensitive” (i.e. “high cultural and/or (sic) heritage importance”).[54][56][57] |
| Nott Island | 34°22′44″S 139°37′30″E / 34.37875552°S 139.62503174°E | Island located about 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) south of the town of Blanchetown.[58][59] |
| Reedy Island | 34°17′43″S 139°38′12″E / 34.29535698°S 139.63662083°E | Island located about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) north of Blanchetown, immediately across the river from the Roonka Conservation Park and immediately south of Julia Island.[60][61] |
| Julia Island | 34°17′30″S 139°38′24″E / 34.291560°S 139.639870°E | Island located immediately adjacent to Reedy Island and across the river from the Roonka Conservation Park.[60][62] |
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