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.Photo: Twistie.man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Leonhard Fortier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magnetic Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island offshore the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Categories: coastline, locality and landform
- Location: Townsville, Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-19.1421° or 19° 8' 32" southLongitude
146.8315° or 146° 49' 53" eastPopulation
2,110Elevation
315 metres (1,033 feet)Open Location Code
5RG8VR5J+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 69255199OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap Feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2159112Wikidata ID
Q765710Magnetic Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Catalan: Magnetic Island
- Cebuano: Magnetic Island
- Chinese: 磁岛
- Czech: Magnetický ostrov
- Danish: Magnetic Island
- Dutch: Magnetic Island
- Egyptian Arabic: ماجنيتيك
- Egyptian Arabic: ماجنيتيك ايسلاند
- French: Île Magnétique
- French: île Magnétique
- German: Magnetic Island
- Italian: Magnetic Island
- Japanese: マグネティック島
- Malagasy: Magnetic Island
- Norwegian: Magnetic Island
- Norwegian Bokmål: Magnetic Island
- Persian: جزیره مغناطیسی
- Portuguese: Ilha Magnetic
- Russian: Магнетик-Айленд
- Russian: Магнитный остров
- Slovak: Magnetic Island
- Spanish: Isla Magnetic
- Spanish: Isla Magnética
- Swedish: Magnetic Island
- Turkish: Magnetic Adası (II)
- Turkish: Magnetic Island
- Turkish: Manyetik Ada
- Ukrainian: Магнітний острів
Other Places Named Magnetic Island
In the Area
Magnetic Island is situated close to the suburbs Nelly Bay and Arcadia Bay.
- Horseshoe BaySuburb
- Picnic BaySuburb
- Curlew FlatsLocality
- West PointHamlet
- Florence BaySuburb
- PallarendaSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Magnetic Island. Photo: Leonhard Fortier, CC BY-SA 4.0.