Mornington Island
Mornington Island, also known as Kunhanhaa, is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. It is the northernmost and, at 1,018 km2, the largest of 22 islands that form the Wellesley Islands group.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in state of Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Ile Mornington”, “Île Mornington (Australie)”, “Kunhanhaa”, and “wyspa Mornington”
Mornington Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.55028° or 16° 33′ 1″ south
Longitude
139.40027° or 139° 24′ 1″ east
Population
1,010
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
ONG
Open location code
5QMXCCX2+V4
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mornington Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة مورنينغتون”
- Cebuano: “Mornington Island”
- Chinese: “莫宁顿岛”
- Chinese: “莫寧頓島”
- Czech: “Ostrov Mornington”
- Dutch: “Mornington Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره مورنينجتون”
- French: “île Mornington”
- French: “Île Mornington”
- Galician: “Illa Mornington”
- Georgian: “მორნინგტონი”
- German: “Mornington Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Mornington”
- Italian: “isola Mornington”
- Italian: “Isola Mornington”
- Japanese: “モーニントン島”
- Latvian: “Morningtona sala”
- Literary Chinese: “摩靈頓島”
- Nyanja: “Mornington Island”
- Polish: “Mornington Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Mornington”
- Russian: “Морнингтон”
- Spanish: “Isla Mornington”
- Swedish: “Mornington Island”
- Turkish: “Mornington Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Морнінгтон”
- Yue Chinese: “莫寧頓島”
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