Buru Island
Turnagain, also called Buru Island, is an island of the Western Islands region of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the northern section of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Torres Strait, Queensland
- Also known as: “Turn-again” and “Turnagain Island”
Buru Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.56187° or 9° 33′ 43″ south
Longitude
142.28857° or 142° 17′ 19″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
6R24C7QQ+7C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Buru Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Turnagain Island”
- Dutch: “Turnagain Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تورناجاين”
- German: “Turnagain Island”
- Swedish: “Turnagain Island”
- Turkish: “Turnagain Adası”
- Turkish: “Turnagain Island”
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