Thursday Island

Thursday Island is the administrative and main population centre of the . It has developed visitor facilities, with supermarkets, a few accommodation options, a restaurant or two, souvenirs, and decent espresso.
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  • Type: Town with 2,810 residents
  • Description: island in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Ile Thursday”, “Ostrov Thursday”, “Thursday Island, Queensland”, “Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia”, “Torsdagö”, “Wai-ben Island”, “Waiben”, “Waiben Island”, “Waibene Island”, “서스데이섬”, “サーズデー・アイランド”, “サーズデイ・アイランド”, “もくようとう”, and “禮拜四島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Green Hill Fort and Thursday Island Cemetery.

Ruins
is a heritage-listed fortification…

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a heritage-listed …

Building
Photo: Frances76, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heritage-listed…

Thursday Island

Latitude
-10.5844° or 10° 35′ 4″ south
Longitude
142.2193° or 142° 13′ 10″ east
Population
2,810
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU TIS
Open location code
5RX4C689+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4064455693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8310780
Wiki­data ID
Q556632
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Thursday Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Cümə axşamı adası, Kvinslend”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cümə axşamı adası”
  • Belarusian: “Тэрсды”
  • Cebuano: “Thursday Island”
  • Chinese: “星期四岛”
  • Czech: “Thursday”
  • Danish: “Thursday Island”
  • Dutch: “Thursday Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثورسداى ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثورسداى”
  • Esperanto: “Ĵaŭdinsulo”
  • Finnish: “Torstaisaari”
  • French: “île Thursday”
  • French: “Île Thursday”
  • German: “Thursday Island”
  • Hebrew: “אי יום חמישי”
  • Indonesian: “Thursday Island”
  • Italian: “Thursday Island”
  • Japanese: “木曜島”
  • Korean: “목요섬”
  • Korean: “서스데이 섬”
  • Literary Chinese: “星期四島”
  • Malagasy: “Thursday Island”
  • Malay: “Pulau Thursday”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Thursday”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Thursday”
  • Russian: “Терсди”
  • Slovenian: “Thursday Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla Thursday”
  • Swedish: “Torsdagsön”
  • Turkish: “Thursday Adası, Queensland”
  • Turkish: “Thursday Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Терсді”
  • Urdu: “تھرسڈے آئی لینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “星期四岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “他士爹島”
  • Yue Chinese: “星期四島”
  • “Thursday Island”

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