Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island is one of the Whitsunday Islands of Central Queensland. It is part of the Great Barrier Reef. 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.
- Village with about 1,760 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (400 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code HTI
- Description: island in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as“Hamilton Island, Queensland”“Hamo Island”“Whitsunday Islands”
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Hamilton Island
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Latitude
-20.3457° or 20° 20′ 45″ south
Longitude
148.9537° or 148° 57′ 13″ east
Open location code
5RFCMX33+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Hamilton Island” goes by many names.
Востраў ГамільтанBelarusian
ГамільтанBelarusian
Illa de HamiltonCatalan
Hamilton IslandCebuano
哈密爾頓島Chinese
汉密尔顿岛Chinese
漢密爾頓島Chinese
Hamilton (eiland)Dutch
Hamilton IslandDutch
هاميلتونEgyptian Arabic
هاميلتون ايسلاندEgyptian Arabic
Hamilton IslandFinnish
Hamilton Island (Queensland)Finnish
ჰამილტონიGeorgian
ჰამილტონი (კუნძული)Georgian
Isola di HamiltonItalian
Isola di Hamilton (Queensland)Italian
ハミルトン島Japanese
ハミルトン島 (クイーンズランド州)Japanese
해밀턴 섬Korean
جزیره همیلتونPersian
ГамильтонRussian
Гамильтон (остров)Russian
Hamilton IslandSwedish
Hamilton AdasıTurkish
Whitsunday AdalarıTurkish
Whitsunday IslandsTurkish
ГамільтонUkrainian
ہیملٹن جزیرہUrdu
Đảo HamiltonVietnamese
Đảo Hamilton (Queensland)Vietnamese
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