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Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island is an island in the off the coast of near the town of . It was mined for iron ore by BHP from 1951 until 1984. is a neighbouring island that was also mined by BHP for high grade iron ore.
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Cockatoo Island

Latitude
-16.09395° or 16° 5′ 38″ south
Longitude
123.61237° or 123° 36′ 45″ east
Population
35
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU CTI
Open location code
5QM5WJ46+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15501560
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2074194
Wiki­data ID
Q5139534
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Cockatoo Island” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Cockatoo Island (Western Australia)”
  • Cebuano: “Cockatoo Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of Western Australia)”
  • Cebuano: “Cockatoo Island”
  • Chinese: “風頭鸚鵡島”
  • Dutch: “Cockatoo Island (West-Australie)”
  • Dutch: “Cockatoo Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوكاتو”
  • Finnish: “Cockatoo (saari)”
  • Finnish: “Cockatoo”
  • German: “Cockatoo Island”
  • Italian: “Cockatoo Island”
  • Japanese: “コッカトゥー・アイランド”
  • Japanese: “コッカトゥー島”
  • Persian: “جزیره کوکاتو”
  • Swedish: “Cockatoo Island”
  • Turkish: “Cockatoo Adası (III)”
  • Turkish: “Cockatoo Island”

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