North West Island
North West Island is a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 75 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland. North West Island forms part of Capricornia Cays National Park and with an area of 1.05 km2, the island is the second largest coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
North West Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Queensland, Australia
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Gladstone, Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-23.29624° or 23° 17′ 47″ southLongitude
151.70788° or 151° 42′ 28″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
5R8HPP35+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 787238738OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
8180090Wikidata ID
Q7057263
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“North West Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “North West Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of Queensland)”
- Cebuano: “North West Island”
- Swedish: “North West Island (Capricorn Group)”
- Swedish: “North West Island”
- Turkish: “North West Adası (I)”
- Turkish: “North West Adası”
- Turkish: “North West Island”
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