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Maclear Island
Map
Geography
LocationNorthern Australia
Coordinates14°12′36″S 144°15′00″E / 14.210°S 144.250°E / -14.210; 144.250
Area0.08 km2 (0.031 sq mi)
Administration
Australia
StateQueensland

Maclear Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay.

It is north of Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park and south of Flinders Island, at Latitude -14.210 and Longitude 144.250.[1]

It is named after John Maclear.

  1. ^ "Australian Government, Geoscience Australia". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.

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