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.

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

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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  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.