Burketown
Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It is located 898 kilometres or 558 miles west of Cairns and 227 kilometres or 141 miles west of Normanton on the Albert River and Savannah Way in the area known as the Gulf Savannah.- Type: Town with 167 residents
- Description: town in Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Burketown, Queensland” and “Burketown, Queensland, Australia”
Burketown
- Category: locality
- Location: Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-17.74006° or 17° 44′ 24″ south
Longitude
139.54654° or 139° 32′ 48″ east
Population
167
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
BUC
United Nations Location Code
AU BUC
Open location code
5QJX7G5W+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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