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Williams Island (South Australia) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Williams Island (South Australia)
Williams Island is an island located off the south coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia approximately south-east of Port Lincoln. It was named by Matthew Flinders for Robert Williams who subsequently lost his life along with seven other crew in the capsize of a cutter launched from the HM Sloop ''Investigator'' to search for water on 21 February 1802. Since 2004, the island has been part of the Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area. ==Description== Williams Island which is approximately south-east of Port Lincoln and south-south-east of West Point on the Jussieu Peninsula is broadly a U-shaped island with a maximum height of and an area of . While the island is bordered by cliffs, a bay with a sandy beach on its north coast provides both a sheltered anchorage for most wind directions and a point of access to the island.
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