Maytown
Maytown was the main township on the Palmer River Goldfields in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is now a ghost town within locality of Palmer in the Shire of Cook, having been active from c. 1874 to the 1920s.
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Maytown, Queensland”
Maytown
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.05129° or 16° 3′ 5″ south
Longitude
144.28921° or 144° 17′ 21″ east
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
5RM6W7XQ+FM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Maytown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maytown”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مايتاون”
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