Croker Group


The Croker Group is a group of islands in the Arafura Sea. The group lies offshore from Cobourg Peninsula, and is part of the Northern Territory of Australia. The group is Aboriginal freehold land, held by the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust.
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

NameAreaLocation
Croker Island331 km2
Peacock Island0.09 km2
Oxley Island2 km2
New Year Island1 km2
McCluer Island9 km2
Lawson Island3 km2
Delphinia Island0.6 km2
Grant Island12 km2
Valencia Island3 km2
Cowlard Island0.02 km2
Templer Island1 km2
Darch Island6 km2