Raine Island Beacon
Raine Island Beacon is a heritage-listed beacon at the eastern end of Raine Island, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1844 by convicts and designed by. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raine Island.
Raine Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Raine Island is a vegetated coral cay 32 hectares in total area situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia. It lies approximately 620 km north-northwest of Cairns in Queensland, about 120 kilometres east-northeast of Cape Grenville on the Cape York Peninsula.
Raine Island Beacon
- Type: Building
- Description: historic site in Queensland, Australia
- Categories: beacon and historic site
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-11.59176° or 11° 35′ 30″ southLongitude
144.03804° or 144° 2′ 17″ eastInception
1844Height
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
5RW6C25Q+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 1414312810OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=beaconWikidata ID
Q24998000
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