Palm Island is a locality consisting of an island group of 16 islands, split between the Shire of Hinchinbrook and the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, in Queensland, Australia. The locality coincides with the geographical entity known as the Palm Island group, also known as the Greater Palm group, originally named the Palm Isles. In the 2016 census, Palm Island had a population of 2,455 people. Orpheus Island has a tourist resort and research facility, and is the only one with a well-developed tourist industry.