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 (eiland)”, “Hamilton Island (Queensland)”, “Hamilton Island Airport”, “Hamilton Island, Queensland”, “Hamo Island”, “Ile Hamilton (Queensland)”, “Isola di Hamilton (Queensland)”, “Whitsunday Islands”, “YBHM”, “ハミルトン島 (クイーンズランド州)”, and “哈密爾頓島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Great Barrier Reef Airport and Dent Island.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehedaya, CC BY 3.0.
Hamilton Island Airport is a privately owned public…

Island
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is an just off the coast of , .

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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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: “汉密尔顿岛”
  • Chinese: “漢密爾頓島”
  • Dutch: “Hamiltoneiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاميلتون ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاميلتون”
  • Finnish: “Hamilton Island”
  • French: “île Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • French: “Île Hamilton”
  • Georgian: “ჰამილტონი (კუნძული)”
  • Georgian: “ჰამილტონი”
  • German: “Hamilton Island”
  • Italian: “isola di Hamilton”
  • Italian: “Isola di Hamilton”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Гамільтон”
  • Urdu: “ہیملٹن جزیرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hamilton (Queensland)”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hamilton”

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