Flinders Island
Flinders Island is an island in the Investigator Group off the coast of South Australia approximately 32 kilometres west of mainland town Elliston. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, the second lieutenant on HMS Investigator in 1802.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Flinders Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island off the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Category: landform
- Location: District Council of Elliston, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Flinders Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flinders Island”
- Chinese: “弗林德斯島 (南澳大利亞州)”
- Chinese: “弗林德斯島”
- Dutch: “Flinders Island”
- French: “Flinders island (Investigator)”
- French: “Flinders Island”
- French: “Ile Androssy” (historical)
- French: “La Basse Terre” (historical)
- Italian: “Flinders Island”
- Literary Chinese: “Flinders Island (South Australia)”
- Literary Chinese: “弗林德斯島 (南澳大利亞)”
- Literary Chinese: “弗林德斯島”
- Persian: “جزیره فیلندرز”
- Swedish: “Flinders Island, South Australia”
- Swedish: “Flinders Island”
- Turkish: “Flinders Adası (VI)”
- Turkish: “Flinders Island”
- Yue Chinese: “弗林德斯島 (南澳洲)”
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