Heron Island
Heron Island is a small attractive island resort among the Southern Reef Islands, located about 72 km off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Alongside a small scale tourist resort, the island is also home to a research station maintained by the University of Queensland studying coral reef ecology.Heron Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Heron Islet”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Gladstone, Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-23.44229° or 23° 26′ 32″ southLongitude
151.9151° or 151° 54′ 54″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)IATA airport code
HRNUnited Nations Location Code
AU HRNOpen location code
5R8HHW58+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 723708198OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2163541
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Heron Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Heron Island”
- Chinese: “赫倫島”
- Czech: “Heron”
- Dutch: “Heron Island”
- Esperanto: “Ardeinsulo”
- French: “île Heron”
- German: “Heron Island”
- Italian: “Heron Island”
- Japanese: “ヘロン島”
- Persian: “جزیره هرن”
- Russian: “Херон”
- Spanish: “Heron Island”
- Swedish: “Heron Island”
- Turkish: “Heron Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Херон”
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