Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island is an island about 20 km off the coast of Perth with a permanent population of around 300 people. It receives around 500,000 visitors a year, and up to 15,000 visitors at a time during peak periods and is best known for its adorable quokkas.Notable Places in the Area
Wadjemup Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Completed in 1849, the original 20-metre Wadjemup Lighthouse was Western Australia's first stone lighthouse and was built to provide a safer sailing passage for ships to Fremantle Port and the Swan River Colony.
Localities in the Area
Rottnest Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island near Perth, Western Australia
- Categories: heritage site, suburb/locality, locality and landform
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.007° or 32° 0' 25" southLongitude
115.5042° or 115° 30' 15" eastPopulation
334Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Operator
Rottnest Island AuthorityIATA airport code
RTSOpen Location Code
4PVQXGV3+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5613236857OpenStreetMap Feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2062194Wikidata ID
Q585317Rottnest Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Rottnest-eiland
- Afrikaans: Rottnest Island
- Cebuano: Rottnest Island
- Chinese: 罗特尼斯岛
- Chinese: 羅特尼斯島
- Czech: Rottnest
- Dutch: Rottnest Island
- Dutch: Rottnesteiland
- Egyptian Arabic: روتنيسانت
- Egyptian Arabic: روتنيسانت ايسلاند
- English: Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia
- English: Rottnest Island, Western Australia
- English: Rottnest Island / Wadjemup
- English: Rottnest Island/Wadjemup
- English: Rotto
- English: Wadjemup
- Esperanto: Rottnest
- Finnish: Rottnest Island
- French: Rottnest Island
- French: Rotto
- French: île Rottnest
- Galician: Illa Rottnest
- German: Rottnest Island
- German: Rotto
- Hebrew: האי רוטנסט
- Hindi: रॉटनेस्ट द्वीप
- Indonesian: Pulau Rottnest
- Italian: Rottnest Island
- Japanese: ロット
- Japanese: ロットネスト・アイランド
- Japanese: ロットネスト島
- Japanese: ワジェップ
- Persian: جزیره راتنست
- Polish: Rottnest
- Russian: Ротнест
- Russian: Роттнест
- Russian: остров Ротнест
- Spanish: Isla Rottnest
- Spanish: Isla de Rottnest
- Spanish: Rotto
- Swedish: Rottnest
- Turkish: Rottnest Adası
- Turkish: Rottnest Island
- Ukrainian: Роттнест
- Urdu: جزیرہ راٹنیسٹ
- Wu Chinese: 罗得乃斯脱岛
- Yue Chinese: 羅特尼斯島
- Isola Rottnest
Other Places Named Rottnest Island
In the Area
Rottnest Island is situated close to the locality Narrow Neck and the village Geordie Bay.
- The SettlementVillage
- Kingstown BarracksVillage
- Gage RoadsLocality, 19 km east
- Fremantle West End Heritage areaNeighbourhood, 23 km east
- DutchiesLocality, 23 km east
- CottesloeSuburb, 24 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Rottnest Island. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.