# Montalivet Islands

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Islands of the Kimberley, Western Australia

Montalivet Islands

Location of the Montalivet Islands in the Indian Ocean

**East Montalivet Island** and **West Montalivet Island** are islands off coast of the [Kimberley region](/source/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)), in the state of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), in the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean). They are often referred to together as the **Montlivet Islands**, although this is not a gazetted name.

They were discovered by [Nicolas Baudin](/source/Nicolas_Baudin) in 1802, and named after [Jean-Pierre Bachasson, 1st count of Montalivet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Bachasson%2C_comte_de_Montalivet) (1766 - 1823), [peer of France](/source/Peer_of_France) and French statesman, in the atlas of his expedition.

The locations of the islands are:

- East Montalivet Island : [14°16′S 125°18′E / 14.267°S 125.300°E / -14.267; 125.300 (East Montalivet Island)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Montalivet_Islands&params=14_16_S_125_18_E_&title=East+Montalivet+Island)

- West Montalivet Island : [14°18′S 125°13′E / 14.300°S 125.217°E / -14.300; 125.217 (West Montalivet Island)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Montalivet_Islands&params=14_18_S_125_13_E_&title=West+Montalivet+Island)

## Further reading

- [Edward Duyker](/source/Edward_Duyker) François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, pp. 349, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-522-85260-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-522-85260-8),

- Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. *Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders*, Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-86254-625-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86254-625-8)

- Frank Horner, The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801–1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-522-84339-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-522-84339-5).

- [*Nicolas Baudin’s Scientific Expedition To The Terres Australes* by Steve Reynolds](https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095739/http://www.mlssa.asn.au/journals/2001Journal.htm) - Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.

[14°17′S 125°15′E / 14.283°S 125.250°E / -14.283; 125.250](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Montalivet_Islands&params=14_17_S_125_15_E_region:AU_type:isle)

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