Rum Island

Rum Island is a granite island, with an area of 13.5 ha, just south of in south-eastern . It is part of ’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern south-west of in the .
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Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Preservation Island.

Island
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a low and undulating granite and calcarenite island, with an area of 207 ha, in south-eastern . It is part of ’s Group, lying in eastern south-west of in the , and is an important historic site.

Rum Island

Latitude
-40.49367° or 40° 29′ 37″ south
Longitude
148.07421° or 148° 4′ 27″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4RFCG34F+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68900354
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
8179334
Wiki­data ID
Q7379096
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Satellite Map

Discover Rum Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Rum Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rum Island”
  • Swedish: “Rum Island, Australien”
  • Swedish: “Rum Island”
  • Turkish: “Rum Adası”
  • Turkish: “Rum Island”

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