Elcho Island
Elcho Island, known to its traditional owners as Galiwin'ku is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Northern Territory, Australia
- Also known as: “Galiwin’ku” and “Galiwinku”
Elcho Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-11.91365° or 11° 54′ 49″ southLongitude
135.74541° or 135° 44′ 44″ eastPopulation
2,200Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)IATA airport code
ELCUnited Nations Location Code
AU ELCOpen location code
5QWQ3PPW+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 162095449OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Elcho Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Elcho Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elcho Island”
- Chinese: “埃尔乔岛”
- Chinese: “埃爾科島”
- Egyptian Arabic: “التشو ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “التشو”
- Galician: “Illa Elcho”
- Georgian: “ელჩო”
- German: “Elcho Island”
- Italian: “Elcho Island”
- Italian: “Isola Elcho”
- Japanese: “エルチョ”
- Russian: “Элко”
- Russian: “Элчо”
- Swedish: “Elcho Island”
- Turkish: “Elcho Adası”
- Turkish: “Elcho Island”
- Ukrainian: “Елко”
- Ukrainian: “Елчо”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elcho Island Airport and Marthakal Yolngu Air.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elcho Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.