Troughton Island
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Troughton Island (76.28 hectares) is a flat island rising to 6 metres above sea level, off the Kimberley coast of north Western Australia. It has an airfield maintained by ShoreAir as part of its support systems to the oil and gas operations in the Timor Sea. The Bureau of Meteorology maintains an automatic weather station. The island is a Flatback Turtle nesting site, and has introduced populations of Children's Pythons and quail. It is a breeding areas for beach stone-curlews, pied oystercatchers, sooty oystercatchers, and little terns.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troughton_Island
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Coordinates: 13°45'10"S 126°8'55"E
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- Augustus Island 246 km
- Jungulu Island 256 km
- Adolphus Island 256 km
- Quoin Island 380 km
- Peron Islands 425 km
- Bathurst Island 500 km
- Alexander Island 518 km
- Melville Island 541 km
- South Goulburn Island 818 km
- Runway 14/32 0.1 km
- Troughton Island Airport (YTTI) 0.1 km
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- Bayu-Undan gas field 293 km