Magra Islet is off the coast of

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

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, 15 km northeast of

Cape Grenville Cape Grenville (), is a small, east-facing promontory along the Queensland, Australia coast of Cape York Peninsula. It lies between Shelburne Bay to the north and Temple Bay to the south. The nearest significant settlement is Weipa, along the w ...

in the

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...

. Positioned at the north end of Cockburn Reef and 2.5 km from Bootie Island, it is primarily a sandy shoal with little vegetation. This islet is a part of the Cockburn Islands in the Wuthathi Tumra Region of the GBR Marine Park and falls within the boundaries of the Saunders Islands National Park. Magra Islet was named after James Mario Matra, a midshipman on HMS ''Endeavour'', by Captain

James Cook Captain (Royal Navy), Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans, conducted between 176 ...

. Matra is believed to be the first American to visit what is now Australia.

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Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Uninhabited islands of Australia Islands of Far North Queensland Great Barrier Reef Marine Park {{Queensland-geo-stub