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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Map of the Torres Strait Islands The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait between Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. This is a list of the named islands and island groups in the Torres Strait ...
The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a 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).
Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Australia Aulneau: St. Lawrence River, Ontario Canada Aur Atoll: Ratak Chain Marshall Islands: Aureed: Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Australia Auskerry: The North Isles, Orkney Islands Scotland: Australia: Australia, Australia Australia Austvågøy: Lofoten Norway: Aux Herbes: Mississippi Sound, Alabama
Islands in the Torres Strait Islands group. To comply with the Australian place name conventions, Islands should be disambiguated as necessary using name (state) or where there are more one island with that name in that state name (closer locality). Note that some islands in the Torres Strait may belong to Papua New Guinea rather than Australia.
Two indigenous languages are spoken on the Torres Strait Islands: Kala Lagaw Ya (also known by variant names and spellings), and Meriam Mir (Meriam), as well as Brokan [Broken], otherwise called Torres Strait Creole. Kala Lagaw Ya is the traditional language owned by the Western and Central islands of the Torres Strait.
Island's name Island group(s) Country/Countries Ibicuy: Paraná Delta Argentina Ibiza Balearic Islands Spain Iceland Iceland Ida: Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Australia Idanha: Beira Baixa islands Portugal Idjwi: Lake Kivu Democratic Republic of the Congo Iejima: Okinawa Islands part of the Ryukyu Islands Japan Iheyajima
Name Country Details Viscount Melville Sound: Canada: Between Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and the Queen Elizabeth Islands: Vitiaz Strait: Papua New Guinea: Between New Guinea and Long Island: Wantsum Channel: England
This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent ) that is surrounded by water. [ 1 ] Many island countries are spread over an archipelago , as is the case with Indonesia , Japan , and the Philippines —these countries consist of thousands of islands.