Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)

Not to be confused with Long Island (Broad Sound Islands).

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Long Island

View of the beach at Long Island in the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland

Geography
Location| Queensland, Australia
Coordinates| 20°21′40″S 148°51′18″E﻿ / ﻿20.361°S 148.855°E﻿ / -20.361; 148.855
Archipelago| Whitsunday Islands
Highest elevation| 40 m (130 ft)
Administration

Australia

State| Queensland
LGA| Whitsunday Regional Council
Demographics
Ethnic groups| Aboriginal

Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) in length and is at its widest point only 400 metres (1,300 ft).[1] Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the coastline. A boat transfer to the island from Shute Harbour on the mainland takes 20 minutes.

Most of the island is national area, including 2,500 acres (1,012 hectares) of tropical rainforest and 20 kilometres of bush walking paths. There is a coral reef 150 metres (492 ft) offshore.

The island is home to the Palm Bay Resort, a "beautiful boutique resort nestled in the neck of Long Island, one of the iconic islands of the Great Barrier Reef."[2]

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Australian places named on the First voyage of James Cook in 1770

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* 16 May: Point Danger
* 17 May: Point Lookout
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* Moreton Bay
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* 18 May: Double Island Point
* Wide Bay
* 19 May: Indian Head
* Sandy Cape
* 21 May: Hervey Bay
* Breaksea Spit
* 23 May: Bustard Bay*
* 25 May: Cape Capricorn
* 26 May: Keppel Isles
* 27 May: Keppel Bay
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* 28 May: Shoalwater Bay
* Northumberland Isles
* 31 May: Pier Head
* 1 June: Long Isle
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* 3 June: Cape Conway
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* 4 June: Whitsundays Passage
* Pentecost Island
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* 5 June: Cape Upstart
* 6 June: Magnetical Island
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* Cleveland Bay
* 8 June: Halifax Bay
* Rockingham Bay
* Dunk Island
* Hillock Point
* Double Point
* 9 June: Frankland Islands
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* 10 June: Green Isle
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* Cape Tribulation
* Low Isles
* 13 June: Hope Islands
* 14 June – 4 August: Endeavour River
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* 10 August: Cape Flattery
* 11 August: Lizard Island*
* Eagle Island*
* 19 August: Cape Grenville
* Forbes Islands
* Bolt Head
* 20 August: Bird Isles
* Sir Charles Hardy Islands
* 21 August: York Cape
* 22 August: Possession Island*
* Prince of Wales' Isles
* 23 August: Booby Island*

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## References

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1. ^ "Explore & Stay at Long Island | Tourism Whitsundays". The Whitsundays. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. ^ "palm bay resort whitsunday island". Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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