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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.
Several islands have large resorts, offering a wide variety of accommodation and activities. Chartering a yacht or bareboating is a popular way to explore the seaways, beaches and coves. The Ngaro Whitsundays Underwater Art Trail [9] is a series on sculptures of Turtle, Manta ray, Maori wrasse, Coral polyp and a traditional piece named Bywa ...
Whitsundays is an island group locality that consists of the Whitsunday Group of islands. It is in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is off the Queensland east coast in the Coral Sea, which is a mix of inhabited and uninhabited islands. [3] In the 2021 census, Whitsundays had a population of 2,281 people. [1]
During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour.It contains many popular destinations for both day visitors and overnight sailors, including the magnificent pure-white sands of Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, the secure anchorage of Cid Harbour, and the sheltered waterway of Gulnare Inlet.
It followed James Cook's 1770 naming of the island group, the Cumberland Islands. [1] The beach was awarded Queensland's Cleanest Beach in Keep Australia Beautiful's 2008 Beach Challenge State Awards. [2] In July 2010, Whitehaven Beach was named the top Eco Friendly Beach in the world by CNN.com. [3]
Marine stingers are found in the waters of the islands between October and May. [2] The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in the north and Laguna Whitsundays in the south. All 74 of the islands are surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and only eight of them are inhabited. On Whitsunday Island is the six km long Whitehaven Beach. [3]
To comply with the Australian place name conventions, Islands should be disambiguated as necessary using name (state) or where there are more one island with that name in that state name (closer locality).