Sweers Island
Sweers Island is an island in the South Wellesley Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. Most of the island is Aboriginal Freehold Land, held in trust by the Kaiadilt Aboriginal Land Trust on behalf of the traditional owners.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Sweers Island, Queensland” and “Sweers Island, Queensland, Australia”
Sweers Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-17.10053° or 17° 6′ 2″ south
Longitude
139.61748° or 139° 37′ 3″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
5QJXVJX8+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Sweers Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sweers Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sweers Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سويرس”
- Swedish: “Sweers Island”
- Turkish: “Sweers Adası”
- Turkish: “Sweers Island”
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