Lizard Island
Lizard Island is an island in the northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Accommodations exist only at the two extremes, either an expensive tropical resort if you like your holidays private and luxurious, or a campground.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Lizard Island Airport.
Lizard Island Airport
Aerodrome
Lizard Island Airport is an airport on Lizard Island National Park in Queensland, Australia.
Lizard Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Queensland, Australia
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Shire of Cook, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-14.6683° or 14° 40′ 6″ south
Longitude
145.4609° or 145° 27′ 39″ east
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU LZR
Open location code
5RQ78FJ6+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Lizard Island” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Лізард”
- Cebuano: “Lizard Island”
- Chinese: “蜥蜴島國家公園”
- Hebrew: “אי הלטאה”
- Hungarian: “Gyík-sziget”
- Italian: “Lizard Island”
- Japanese: “リザード島”
- Polish: “Lizard Island”
- Swedish: “Lizard Island, Queensland”
- Swedish: “Lizard Island”
- Turkish: “Lizard Adası (I)”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lizard Island and Lizard Island Research Station.
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