Whitsunday Islands

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archipelago tourist destination

The Whitsunday Islands are a popular tropical archipelago off Australia's northeastern coast, renowned for their white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and access to the Great Barrier Reef.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Whitsunday Island 1
Whitsunday Islands region 1
Whitsundays 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
administrativeRegion Whitsunday Region ⓘ
climateType tropical ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansYear 1770 ⓘ
hasAirport Hamilton Island Airport ⓘ
Whitsunday Coast Airport ⓘ
hasFamousBeach Whitehaven Beach ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Daydream Island ⓘ
Hamilton Island ⓘ
Hayman Island ⓘ
Hook Island ⓘ
Lindeman Island ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
South Molle Island ⓘ
Whitsunday Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whitsunday Island
hasResortIsland Daydream Island ⓘ
Hamilton Island ⓘ
Hayman Island ⓘ
Lindeman Island ⓘ
knownFor access to the Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
scuba diving ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
white-sand beaches ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Australia ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Queensland ⓘ
marinePark Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
surface form: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
namedBy James Cook ⓘ
nearestMainlandTown Airlie Beach ⓘ
numberOfIslands 74 ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Great Barrier Reef ⓘ
surface form: Great Barrier Reef region
popularActivity bareboat charter sailing ⓘ
beach tourism ⓘ
reef tours ⓘ
yacht cruising ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
protectedAreaIncludes Whitsunday Islands National Park ⓘ
sea Coral Sea ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
traditionalOwners Ngaro people ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northeastern Australia → contains → Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern Australia
Queensland → contains → Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
Whitsunday Islands → hasMajorIsland → Whitsunday Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitsunday Island
Mackay → isTouristGatewayTo → Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitsundays
Great Barrier Reef → locatedNear → Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
Mackay → locatedNear → Whitsunday Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitsunday Islands region