Yampi Sound

It lies between the Yampi Peninsula and the islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago, which contain important iron ore deposits.

[1] The sound was visited in March 1838 by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle, who named Yampee Point, Yampee being the local Aboriginal people's word for fresh water.

[3] During World War II, several raids were launched against the Japanese forces in Borneo and Java using Catalina flying boats by the Royal Australian Air Force from Cockatoo Island in Yampi Sound.

High grade iron ore has been mined from Koolan and Cockatoo Islands since 1951.

[6] The Australian Defence Force has maintained a training facility at Yampi Sound since the 1970s.