Howick Island
{{Short description|Island in Queensland, Australia}}
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| etymology = {{nowrap|Sir Charles Grey, Viscount Howick}}
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| location = Coral Sea
| coordinates = {{Coord|14|30|11|S|144|58|26|E|region:AU-QLD_type:isle|display=inline,title|notes=}}
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| total_islands = 19
| major_islands = {{unbulleted list|Beanley Island|Bewick Island|Hampton Island|Ingram Island|Newton Island|Combe Island|Stapleton Island|South Barrow Island}}
| area_km2 = 4.8
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/managing/plans-strategies/statements/pdf/howick-group.pdf |title=Howick Group National Park Management Statement 2013 |work=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |publisher=Queensland Government |date= |accessdate=30 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070115/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/managing/plans-strategies/statements/pdf/howick-group.pdf |url-status=live }}
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The Howick Island is the southernmost and a now uninhabited island in the Howick group that is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Far North Queensland, Australia.
It fell within the territory of the Ithu people in pre-colonial times.
The island is located in the Coral Sea and is situated about {{convert|100|km}} south-east of Cape Melville. The area of the island is approximately {{convert|480|ha}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=274513&cmd=sp|title=Map of Howick Island, QLD |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |accessdate=30 October 2015 }}
Etymology
The island group was named by Lieutenant Charles Jeffreys RN, captain of HMS Kangaroo, in 1815, possibly after Sir Charles Grey, Viscount Howick, a soldier.{{cite web |url=https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=howick%20island&types=0&place=Howick_Island16381 |title=Howick Island |work=Queensland place names search |publisher=Queensland Government |date= |accessdate=30 October 2015 |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209003022/https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=howick%20island&types=0&place=Howick_Island16381 |url-status=live }}
Ion Idriess' first novel, Madman's Island, was published in 1927 and is semi-autobiographical based on the author's experiences on Howick Island.{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12062917 |title=Nightmare on Howick: Madman's Island by Ion Idriess |work=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=12 November 1938 |page=20 |accessdate=30 October 2015 }}
See also
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