Mount Straloch
Mountain in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Straloch is a mountain on Hinchinbrook Island, off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia. It rises 922 metres (3,025 ft) out of the Coral Sea.
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Mount Straloch | |
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Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 922 m (3,025 ft) |
Coordinates | 18.4583°S 146.2925°E / -18.4583; 146.2925 |
Geography | |
Location | Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia |
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In 1942, during World War II, an American B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Force crashed into a mountain on the island, killing all 12 crewmen on board.[1]