Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island is an island directly off the coast of Townsville in Central Queensland. Over half the land area of the island is a National Park. Magnetic Island is roughly 7 km by 5 km, with 25 km of walking tracks and several beaches and little bays.- Island
- …has 2,110 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 315 metres (1,033 feet)
- Description: island offshore the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Magnetic Island
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Latitude
-19.1421° or 19° 8′ 32″ south
Longitude
146.8315° or 146° 49′ 53″ east
Open location code
5RG8VR5J+4H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Magnetic Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ماغنتيك”
- Asturian: “Islla Magnética”
- Catalan: “Magnetic Island”
- Cebuano: “Magnetic Island”
- Chinese: “磁岛”
- Czech: “Magnetický ostrov”
- Danish: “Magnetic Island”
- Dutch: “Magnetic Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماجنيتيك ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماجنيتيك”
- French: “île Magnétique”
- French: “Île Magnétique”
- French: “Magnetic Island”
- German: “Magnetic Island”
- Irish: “Magnetic Island”
- Italian: “Magnetic Island”
- Japanese: “マグネティック島”
- Malagasy: “Magnetic Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Magnetic Island”
- Norwegian: “Magnetic Island”
- Persian: “جزیره مغناطیسی”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Magnetic”
- Russian: “Магнетик-Айленд”
- Russian: “Магнитный остров”
- Slovak: “Magnetic Island”
- Slovenian: “Magnetic Island”
- Slovenian: “Magnetni otok”
- Spanish: “Isla Magnetic”
- Spanish: “Isla Magnética”
- Swedish: “Magnetic Island”
- Turkish: “Magnetic Adası (II)”
- Turkish: “Magnetic Island”
- Turkish: “Manyetik Ada”
- Ukrainian: “Магнітний острів”
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