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Mount Straloch

Coordinates: 18°27′30″S 146°17′33″E / 18.4583°S 146.2925°E / -18.4583; 146.2925
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Mount Straloch
Mount Straloch is located in Queensland
Mount Straloch
Mount Straloch
Highest point
Elevation922 m (3,025 ft)
Coordinates18°27′30″S 146°17′33″E / 18.4583°S 146.2925°E / -18.4583; 146.2925
Geography
LocationHinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia

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.

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]

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References

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  1. ^ Peter Michael & Rory Gibson (2 May 2009). "Air force urged to investigate mystery women on doomed bomber". The Courier Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 6 May 2011.