Falcon Island
Falcon Island is one of the islands in the Palm Islands group, off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The nearest island is Esk Island. The Nyawaygi name of the island is Carbooroo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: One of the Palm Islands group of islands off the Queensland coast in Australia
- Also known as: “Carbooroo”
Falcon Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-18.76896° or 18° 46′ 8″ southLongitude
146.53274° or 146° 31′ 58″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
5RH86GJM+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 69255188OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2166899Wikidata ID
Q5431751
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Falcon Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Falcon Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of Queensland, Palm Island)”
- Cebuano: “Falcon Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau falcon”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Falcon”
- Swedish: “Falcon Island”
- Turkish: “Falcon Adası (I)”
- Turkish: “Falcon Adası”
- Turkish: “Falcon Island”
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