Torres strait islands map
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Prince of wales channel marine channel 12 km southeast. 1800 079 093 toll free. This important measure was take to protect the environmentally sensitive waters of the region. This poster map shows satellite and aerial imagery of 11 of the populated islands boigu saibai ugar mer mabuiag iama yam poruma coconut warraber sue thrusday waiben horn narupai and masig york of torres strait.
Torres strait maps the international maritime organization s maritime safety committee adopted a two way route in the great barrier reef and torres strait in 2014. Go to front page search the site torres strait island regional council facebook page. Pullar patches shoal 14 km southeast. Torres strait islands island group in the torres strait north of cape york peninsula queensland australia and south of the island of new guinea.
To the south is cape york peninsula the northernmost extremity of the australian mainland to the north is the western province of papua new guinea it is named after navigator luís vaz de torres who discovered and sailed through the strait in 1606. The torres strait ˈ t ɒr ɪ s citation needed is a strait between australia and the melanesian island of new guinea it is 151 km 94 mi wide at its narrowest extent. The torres strait islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in torres strait the waterway separating far northern continental australia s cape york peninsula and the island of new guinea they span an area of 48 000 km 2 19 000 sq mi but their total land area is 566 km 2 219 sq mi. It also shows the australia maritime boundariers in the region.
For more detailed mapping please download the boundary kml. West island island 14 km northwest. The torres strait islands are a group of islands to the north of the australian mainland stretching nearly as far as papua new guinea. Torres strait islands drainage basin access wetland mapping in pdf and kml format by selecting the desired 100k map tile below or download the data via the queensland government information service.
Round island conservation park nature reserve 14 km south. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. Torres strait from mapcarta the free map. Nardana patches shoal 12 km southeast.
1800 079 093 online enquiry level 1 torres strait haus 46 victoria parade thursday island queensland australia. Lieutenant james cook first claimed british sovereignty over the eastern part of australia at possession island in 1770 but british administrative control only began in the torres strait islands in. Torres strait the torres strait is a. There are 14 inhabited islands but only the two neighbouring islands of thursday island and horn island have developed visitor facilities.
Pilot knoll farm 11 km southeast.
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