It is located between the popular tourist destination Granite Island and the prominent rocky headland known as The Bluff.

It was named after William Wright, one of the headmen of the South Australia Company's whaling operations in the Victor Harbor area in the 1800s.

[1] The island is managed by the City of Victor Harbor, the local government authority, as part of its parks and gardens asset.

The boy told us the island was half a mile from Encounter Bay and on still nights he could hear the penguins squawking.

In 1990, the wider Encounter Bay population (of which Wright Island is a part) was estimated to be between 5000 and 7000 penguins.