Hamilton Island

Hamilton Island is one of the of . It is part of the . The island has been developed as a popular holiday resort, and made waves in 2008 when it advertised the caretaker's position as the Best Job in the World — $150,000 for six months of living on the island and blogging about it once a week.
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  • Type: Village with 1,760 residents
  • Description: island in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Hamilton Island, Queensland”, “Hamo Island”, and “Whitsunday Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Barrier Reef Airport and Dent Island.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehedaya, CC BY 3.0.
Hamilton Island Airport is a privately owned public use aerodrome, the main airport on Hamilton Island, Queensland. The airport is settled on mostly reclaimed land and is commercially served year-round by Virgin Australia and Qantas.

Island
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is an just off the coast of , . is located at. is part of the Whitsunday Group and lies immediately west of Hamilton Island.

Hamilton Island

Latitude
-20.3457° or 20° 20′ 45″ south
Longitude
148.9537° or 148° 57′ 13″ east
Population
1,760
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
IATA airport code
HTI
Open location code
5RFCMX33+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14156838236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2164017
Wiki­data ID
Q1573545
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Satellite Map

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

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Hamilton Island” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Гамільтан”
  • Belarusian: “Гамільтан”
  • Catalan: “illa de Hamilton”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Hamilton”
  • Cebuano: “Hamilton Island”
  • Chinese: “哈密爾頓島”
  • Chinese: “汉密尔顿岛”
  • Chinese: “漢密爾頓島”
  • Dutch: “Hamilton (eiland)”
  • Dutch: “Hamilton Island”
  • Dutch: “Hamiltoneiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاميلتون ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاميلتون”
  • Finnish: “Hamilton Island (Queensland)”
  • Finnish: “Hamilton Island”
  • French: “Hamilton Island (Queensland)”
  • French: “Hamilton Island Airport”
  • French: “Ile Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • French: “île Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • French: “Île Hamilton”
  • French: “YBHM”
  • Georgian: “ჰამილტონი (კუნძული)”
  • Georgian: “ჰამილტონი”
  • German: “Hamilton Island”
  • Italian: “Isola di Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • Italian: “isola di Hamilton”
  • Italian: “Isola di Hamilton”
  • Japanese: “ハミルトン島 (クイーンズランド州)”
  • Japanese: “ハミルトン島”
  • Korean: “해밀턴 섬”
  • Korean: “해밀턴섬”
  • Persian: “جزیره همیلتون”
  • Russian: “Гамильтон (остров)”
  • Russian: “Гамильтон”
  • Spanish: “Isla Hamilton”
  • Swedish: “Hamilton Island”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton Adası”
  • Turkish: “Whitsunday Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Whitsunday Islands”
  • Ukrainian: “Гамільтон”
  • Urdu: “ہیملٹن جزیرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hamilton”

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