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The Buccaneer Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Bardi located about from the western end of the island group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Buccaneer Archipelago )〕 The Archipelago, covering over .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discover West - Buccaneer Archipelago )〕 is located at the head of King Sound and is composed of about 800 islands found between King Sound and Collier Bay near Yampi Sound.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ocean Dots - The Island Encyclopedia - Buccaneer Archipelago )〕 The area experiences a huge tidal range, of over , which once wreaked havoc on the pearling fleet that operated in the area last century. The islands' rocks are over 2 billion years old, as is the surrounding coastline. The islands themselves were formed more recently as a result of rising sea levels, creating a drowned coastline. The rocks are ancient Precambrian sandstones. The islands are generally rocky, many with high cliffs. The islands are in almost pristine condition as a result of their isolation and difficulty of access. Some are sparsely vegetated with patches of rain-forest, and areas fringed with mangroves where silt has built up.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derby Visitor Centre )〕 The traditional owners of the area are the Mayala group made up of the ''Yawijibaya'' and ''Unggarranggu'' peoples although the Bardi people have traditional rights of fishing and trochus.〔 〕 The archipelago was named after the English buccaneer and privateer William Dampier, who charted the area in 1688, by Philip Parker King in 1820.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kimberley Extreme )〕 == Islands == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buccaneer Archipelago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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