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Great Sandy Strait

70-kilometre long strait in the Australian state of Queensland, separating mainland Queensland from Fraser Island
Place Estuary Q5599921

Facts

8 properties

Designation

Instance of
estuary, Ramsar site[3]
Heritage designation
Ramsar site[6]

Location

Country
Australia[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -25.523°, 152.948°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Queensland[1]

Period and style

Inception
1999[4]
More facts +2
Area
+837.42[7]
Tributary
Mary River[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Great Sandy Strait en Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet) en Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet) Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) es Estrecho de Great Sandy fa تنگه گریت سندی ja グレート・サンディ海峡 zh 大沙海峡 zh 大砂海峽
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Australian Ramsar site ID
51
Australian Wetlands Code
QLD132
Freebase ID
/m/0f7cbr
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1576476
GeoNames ID
2164613
Ramsar Sites Information Service ID
992
WDPA ID
198306
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Australia/Brisbane 2026-09-26 H/STRT · AU GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
Australia
Heritage designation 1
Ramsar site
Instance of 1
estuary
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Queensland
Tributary 1
Mary River
← Mouth of the watercourse 1
Mary River
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  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · CheWikibot bot · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: Added cewiki sitelink"
  2. 24w ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1999
    "Created claim: Inception: 1999, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779803579854"
  3. 24w ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Australia
    Tributary → Mary River
    Heritage designation → Ramsar site
    WDPA ID → 198306
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Area: 837.42 square kilometre, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779710818145"
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