The Croker Group is a group of islands in the Arafura Sea. The group lies offshore from Cobourg Peninsula, and is part of the

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of Australia. The group is Aboriginal freehold land, held by the

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. The group consists of at least 12 named islands, and a number of small unnamed islands and rocks. By far the largest island of the group is Croker Island, which has an area of 331 km². Croker Island is also the only permanently inhabited island in the group. None of the other islands in the group is larger than 15 km².

List of Islands

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List of Islands

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