Possession Island
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of islands to the north of the Australian mainland, stretching nearly as far as Papua New Guinea. There are 14 inhabited islands, but only the two neighbouring islands of Thursday Island and Horn Island have developed visitor facilities.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “Bedanug”
- Description: one of the Torres Strait Islands, off the coast of far north Queensland, Australia
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Latitude
-10.72913° or 10° 43′ 45″ south
Longitude
142.39738° or 142° 23′ 51″ east
Open location code
5RX479CW+8X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Possession Island” goes by many names.
Possession IslandCebuano
屬領島Chinese
Possession IslandDutch
פוזשןHebrew
Possession IslandItalian
ポゼッション島Japanese
占拠島Japanese
Possession IslandSwedish
Possession AdasıTurkish
Possession IslandTurkish
屬領島Yue Chinese
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