Possession Island

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of islands to the north of the Australian mainland, stretching nearly as far as . There are 14 inhabited islands, but only the two neighbouring islands of Thursday Island and Horn Island have developed visitor facilities.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: one of the Torres Strait Islands, off the coast of far north Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: Bedanug

Possession Island

Latitude
-10.72913° or 10° 43′ 45″ south
Longitude
142.39738° or 142° 23′ 51″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
5RX479CW+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 622928070
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2152645
Wiki­data ID
Q1361133
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Possession Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Possession Island
  • Chinese: 屬領島
  • Dutch: Possession Island
  • German: Possession-Island-Nationalpark
  • Hebrew: פוזשן
  • Italian: Possession Island
  • Japanese: ポゼッション島
  • Japanese: 占拠島
  • Spanish: Parque Nacional Isla Posesion
  • Spanish: Parque nacional Isla Posesión
  • Swedish: Possession Island
  • Turkish: Possession Adası
  • Turkish: Possession Island
  • Yue Chinese: 屬領島

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Possession Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.