Houghton Island
Houghton Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the easternmost island in the Cole Islands group and National Park. It is located approximately 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland and measures approximately 73 hectares, or 0.73 square km, in size.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: island in Queensland, Australia
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-14.5249° or 14° 31′ 30″ south
Longitude
144.9735° or 144° 58′ 25″ east
Open location code
5RQ6FXGF+2C
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Houghton Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Houghton Island”
- French: “Houghton Island”
- Swedish: “Houghton Island”
- Turkish: “Houghton Adası”
- Turkish: “Houghton Island”
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