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Fairfax Islands

Fairfax Islands is a pair of small coral cays, both of which have been used as a bombing range. They are located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern , 113 kilometres due east of , , , and 405 km north of the state capital .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Fairfax Island” and “Fairfax Islet”

Fairfax Islands

Latitude
-23.86045° or 23° 51′ 38″ south
Longitude
152.36749° or 152° 22′ 3″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
5R8J49Q8+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 681499563
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2166959
Wiki­data ID
Q5430186
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Satellite Map

Discover Fairfax Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Thai—“Fairfax Islands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Fairfax Islands”
  • French: “îles Fairfax”
  • French: “Îles Fairfax”
  • Swedish: “Fairfax Islands”
  • Thai: “Fairfax Islands”
  • Thai: “เกาะแฟร์แฟ็กซ์”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะแฟร์แฟกซ์”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fairfax Islands”. Photo: Ginge1420, Public domain.