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Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island is an island directly off the coast of in . 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.
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Magnetic Island

Latitude
-19.1421° or 19° 8′ 32″ south
Longitude
146.8315° or 146° 49′ 53″ east
Population
2,110
Elevation
315 metres (1,033 feet)
Open location code
5RG8VR5J+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69255199
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2159112
Wiki­data ID
Q765710
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Satellite Map

Discover Magnetic Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Magnetic Island”. Photo: Leonhard Fortier, CC BY-SA 4.0.