Crocodile Islands

Crocodile Islands
Crocodile Islands is located in Northern Territory
Crocodile Islands
Crocodile Islands
Geography
LocationOff Arnhem Land, in the Arafura Sea
Coordinates11°56′02″S 135°04′41″E / 11.934°S 135.078°E / -11.934; 135.078
Administration
Australia
StateNorthern Territory

The Crocodile Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Yan-nhaŋu people of the Northern Territory of Australia. They are located off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Arafura Sea.

As of 2023 the Crocodile Islands are protected as part of the National Reserve System as a protected area called the Crocodile Islands Maringa Indigenous Protected Area (IPA).[1]

  1. ^ "'We want it to stay as it is': Indigenous Protected Area declared in Crocodile Islands". ABC News. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.