Geography of Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island lies 18 kilometres west of the coastline of Perth, Western Australia, and is 4.5 km (2.8m) at its widest, and 11 km long.

Coastline features

The coastline is approximately 24 kilometres long, and the bays, points, reefs and smaller islands are extensively named.

Topography

Flat, some parts are plentiful in vegitation, and others are dry and sandy

Cartography

Map of Rottnest Island

Named coastal features

• Abraham Point
• Armstrong Rock
• Army Jetty
• Basin (usually known as The Basin)
• Bathurst Point - location of the Bathurst Lighthouse
• Bickley Bay - just south of Kingstown Barracks
• Bickley Point
• Cape Vlamingh - also known as West End
• Cathedral Rocks - north west of West End
• Catherine Bay
• City of York Bay - west of Little Armstrong Bay
• Crayfish Rocks
• Duck Rock
• Dyer Island
• Eagle Bay - at the West End
• Fairbridge Bluff
• Fay's Bay
• Fish Hook Bay
• Green Island
• Henrietta Rocks
• Kingstown
• Little Armstrong Bay
• Little Parakeet Bay
• Little Salmon Bay
• Longreach Bay - between the Basin and Geordie Bay
• Mabel Cove
• Marjorie Bay
• Mary Cove
• Mushroom Rock
• Nancy Cove - narrowest part of Island
• Narrow Neck
• North Point
• Parakeet Bay
• Parker Point - southern most point
• Phillip Point
• Phillip Rocks
• Pinky Beach
• Porpoise Bay
• Radar Reef - at West End
• Ricey Beach
• Rocky Bay
• Salmon Bay
• Salmon Point
• South Point
• Stark Bay
• Strickland Bay
• Thomson Bay
• Vera Rocks
• Wallace Island
• West End
• Wilson Bay

Named lakes

• Garden Lake
• Geordie Bay
• Government House Lake
• Lake Baghdad
• Lake Herschel/ Herschel Lake
• Lake Negri
• Lake Sirius
• Lake Timperley
• Lake Vincent
• Pearse Lake
• Serpentine Lake

See also

• Rottnest Island shipwrecks — details on the twelve larger shipwrecks in close proximity to the island
• Colonial buildings of Rottnest Island

External links

• Rottnest Island Authority home page