Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island is one of the South Wellesley Islands, on the Queensland side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. It is located 3,958 m northwest of Allen Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Horseshoe Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Queensland, Australia
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.99319° or 16° 59′ 36″ southLongitude
139.26976° or 139° 16′ 11″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
5QMX2749+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 161545147OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2069595Wikidata ID
Q21890199
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Horseshoe Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horseshoe Island”
- Swedish: “Horseshoe Island, Queensland”
- Swedish: “Horseshoe Island”
- Turkish: “Horseshoe Adası”
- Turkish: “Horseshoe Island”
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Localities in the Area
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