Great Palm Island

Great Palm Island
Karte der Great Palm Islands

Palm Island (auch Great Palm Island, von den Aborigines genutzter Name: Bukaman) ist die Hauptinsel der Great Palm Islands genannten Inselgruppe vor der Küste Queenslands in Australien.

Die Insel befindet sich etwa 65 Kilometer nordwestlich von Townsville. 2006 lebten 1.984 Einwohner auf der Insel.[1]

Der Name der Insel geht auf James Cook zurück, der 1770 die Insel bereiste.[2]

Einzelnachweise

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics
  2. [1]

-18.733333333333146.583333333337Koordinaten: 18° 44′ S, 146° 35′ O


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