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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code HRN
- …is also known as “Heron Islet”
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Latitude
-23.44229° or 23° 26′ 32″ south
Longitude
151.9151° or 151° 54′ 54″ east
UN/LOCODE
AU HRN
Open location code
5R8HHW58+32
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Heron Island” goes by many names.
Heron IslandCebuano
赫倫島Chinese
HeronCzech
Heron IslandDutch
ArdeinsuloEsperanto
Heron IslandItalian
ヘロン島Japanese
جزیره هرنPersian
ХеронRussian
Heron IslandSwedish
Heron AdasıTurkish
ХеронUkrainian
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