Australia
Queensland
Shire of Torres

Thursday Island

Thursday Island is the administrative and main population centre of the . It has developed visitor facilities, with supermarkets, a few accommodation options, a restaurant or two, souvenirs, and decent espresso.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Thursday Island Cemetery and Green Hill Fort.

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a heritage-listed at Summers Street, Thursday Island, , , Australia. It was established c. 1887 and includes the Japanese Cemetery and grave of the Hon.

Ruins
is a heritage-listed fortification at Chester Street, in the , , Australia. The fort is important in Australian military history as a strategic coastal defence installation in the period of transition from British to Australian responsibility for defence.

Building
Photo: Frances76, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heritage-listed customs house at 2 Victoria Parade, Thursday Island, , , Australia. It was designed by Harold Barker and built in 1938.

Thursday Island

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
2146681
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Satellite Map

Discover Thursday Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Thursday Island”. Photo: Feral Arts, CC BY 3.0.