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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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″ southLongitude
139.54654° or 139° 32′ 48″ eastPopulation
167Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)IATA airport code
BUCUnited Nations Location Code
AU BUCOpen location code
5QJX7G5W+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 311295795OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2075336Wikidata ID
Q1016404
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