Sibsey Island

Sibsey Island
Sibsey Island is located in South Australia
Sibsey Island
Sibsey Island
Geography
LocationSpencer Gulf
Coordinates34°38′49″S 136°10′53″E / 34.647°S 136.181292°E / -34.647; 136.181292[1]
ArchipelagoSir Joseph Banks Group
Highest elevation26 m (85 ft)
Administration
South Australia
Demographics
Population0

Sibsey Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf within the Sir Joseph Banks Group. It was discovered on 21 February 1802 by Matthew Flinders.[2] Currently, the island is uninhabited.[verification needed]

  1. ^ "Search results for 'Sibsey Island' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteer'". South Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ Flinders, Matthew (1966) [1814]. A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner; with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island (Facsimile ed.). Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. pp. 228–229. Retrieved 5 January 2014.