Thursday Island
Thursday Island is the administrative and main population centre of the Torres Strait Islands. It has developed visitor facilities, with supermarkets, a few accommodation options, a restaurant or two, souvenirs, and decent espresso.Places of Interest
Highlights: Thursday Island Cemetery and Green Hill Fort.
Thursday Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Wai-ben” and “Waiben”
- Category: landform
- Location: Shire of Torres, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.57924° or 10° 34′ 45″ south
Longitude
142.21931° or 142° 13′ 10″ east
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
5RX4C6C9+8P
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Yue Chinese—“Thursday Island” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Thursday”
- French: “Île Thursday”
- Japanese: “木曜島”
- Korean: “서스데이 섬”
- Literary Chinese: “星期四島”
- Polish: “Wyspa Thursday”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Thursday”
- Russian: “Терсди”
- Swedish: “Torsdagsön”
- Ukrainian: “Терсді”
- Wu Chinese: “星期四岛”
- Yue Chinese: “他士爹島”
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Places to explore: Wasaga and Wanetta.
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Highlights: Rose Hill and Milman Hill.
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