Snapper Island (New South Wales)
| Snapper Island Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°51′08″S 151°10′01″E / 33.8522°S 151.1669°E | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 0.3 km (0 mi) NE of Birkenhead Point, Drummoyne | ||||||||||||||
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Snapper Island (previously known as Schnapper Island) is a 1.65-hectare (4.1-acre) island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne.
The island was originally a rocky outcrop, but in 1931-2 it was increased in size over seven times by land reclamation, and reshaped into the general plan form of a ship. Since then it has been used as a training depot by the Sea Cadets, and as a museum.
Snapper Island is the smallest island in the harbour and more than the others has been reshaped significantly by human intervention.