Troughton Island
Troughton Island is an island located off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, at the entrance of Vansittart Bay, about north-west of Kalumburu and north-west of the Mungalalu Truscott Airbase. Troughton Island is used as a helicopter base for the Timor Sea oil rigs approximately west of Darwin.
History
The island was found and named in 1819 by Phillip Parker King. The Sir Graham Moore IslandsAirline company ShoreAir Pty Ltd has opened and operated an airport on the island since the 1960s.
It is a reference point for hydrographic surveys.