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Despite being located on the Papua New Guinea side of the Seabed Jurisdiction Line, the following islands belong to Australia: Anchor Cay, Aubusi Island, Black Rocks, Boigu Island, Bramble Cay, Dauan Island, Deliverance Island, East Cay, Kaumag Island, Kerr Islet, Moimi Island, Pearce Cay, Saibai Island, Turnagain Island and; Turu Cay.
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 South Cay island is separated from the north by a shallow channel around 400 meters wide and is densely vegetated by rubber trees. [7] The Caribbean Current is the predominant, and the surrounding waters are transparent oceanic with low nutrient inputs and constant salinity (between 34 % and 36.3 %). The average temperature and salinity in ...
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park is a national park in Exuma, the Bahamas. The reserve was established in 2002 and, after expansion in 2015, [ 2 ] has an area of 16,800 acres (68 km 2 ). [ 3 ]
The marine park consists of a 1,400-acre (5.7 km 2) sand-bottom lagoon which encompasses the five cays, the inhabited island of Mayreau and the 4 km Horseshoe Reef. The marine park was listed as a regionally significant ecosystem under the SPAW (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife) Protocol in December 2014. [1]
Islote Sucre is located approximately 1.5 km north of the island of San Andrés, the largest in the archipelago.It has a total area of 49,411 m 2 [5] (4.94 hectares), making it the largest of the cays that surround San Andrés.
The island was once home to the Bramble Cay melomys, an isolated species of rodent that was the first mammal species to be declared extinct as a consequence of human-caused climate change. [18] [3] [19] Bramble Cay is the largest nesting site of green turtles in the Torres Strait (as of 2008).