Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands

The Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands is situated in the south-west corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.

They were named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders in honour of Sir Edward Pellew, a fellow naval officer.

Although Flinders was the first British explorer to pass that way, his journals describe indications of some "foreign" people having visited beforehand.

The islands were also sighted in 1644 by Abel Tasman who thought they were part of the mainland and called them "Cape Vanderlin".

Most islands are inhabited (some part-time) by the indigenous Yanyuwa people, and are also part of Wurralibi Aboriginal Land.