Inglis Island

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{{About|the island in Northern Territory, Australia|the island in Andaman Islands|Inglis Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)}}

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Inglis Island is the largest of a group called the English Company's Islands, in Northern Territory, Australia. It is 23.4 km long and up to 7 km wide. Its area is 83.5 km2, and it reaches a height of 70 meters.{{Cite web |url=http://islands.unep.ch/IJA.htm#1109 |title=Islands of Australia - Inglis|access-date=14 March 2011 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404022352/http://islands.unep.ch/IJA.htm#1109 |url-status=dead }} The distance to the mainland south of it is 2.5 km at the closest place, across Nalwarung Strait, which is the southwestern continuation of Malay Road.

The only settlements are two small family outstations, Gonguruwuy in the west and Wurwula on the eastern tip of the island.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bushtel.nt.gov.au/northern_territory/region1/shire_id3/community_display?comm_num=548|title=BushTel – Remote Communities of the NT}}

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