Kent Island is about 80 km North of Dunk Island and east of the Cowley Beach Training area

Defence Science and Technology Organisation

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation is a branch of the Australian Department of Defence which researches and develops technologies for use in the Australian defence industry....

 and north of the South Barnard Islands

Barnard Island Group National Park

The Barnard Island Group is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,296 km northwest of Brisbane.Islands within the group include Jessie Island and Kent Island....

. North west of Kent Island is Jessie Island

Jessie Island

Jessie Island is about 80 km North of Dunk Island and East of the Cowley Beach Training area and North of the South Barnard Islands.Jessie Island is North of Kent Island is part of the North Barnard Islands....

, Hutchinson Island and Bresnahan Island.

Geography

The island is part of the North Barnard Islands

Barnard Island Group National Park

The Barnard Island Group is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,296 km northwest of Brisbane.Islands within the group include Jessie Island and Kent Island....

 which includes a total of five islands. These islands are high continental islands which rise from the seafloor.

History

The waters around the island were inhabited by the Mamu

Mamu

The Mamu are an Indigenous Australian people from the coastal and rainforest region of Far North Queensland. They inhabited the region of the Johnstone River at Innisfail, from Murdering Point in the south to Tolga in the north.-Survival:...

 people. A small lighthouse was built on the island in 1897.

Protected area

Kent Island is protected by the Department of Environment and Resource Management because migratory birds rest here.

Recreational activities

The island is also a site for popular tourist kayaking and there have been sightings of humpback whale

Humpback Whale

The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...

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Camping is permitted on the island.

See also

• List of islands of Australia
• Protected areas of Queensland
  Protected areas of Queensland
  Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains 470 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 69,388 km² . 223 of these are National parks, which is the highest number of any Australian state or territory, totalling 65,871 km²...