Chasm Island

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Chasm Island (Anindilyakwa: Burrabarra or Barrubarra) is an island of the Groote archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria, located in the state of the Northern Territory, Australia, in the northernmost part of the continent. Its European name was given when, after sailing around Groote Eylandt between 5 and 14 January 1803, Matthew Flinders and his accompanying scientific party landed on the small island to take bearings and found that deep chasms in the cliffs made it difficult to reach the top. The island is significant for the millennia-old rock art found there that include paintings and engravings observed and recorded by Flinders; the first documented by Europeans. Access to the island by tourists and other visitors is strictly limited and permissions are controlled by the Anindilyakwa Land council.

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