Torres Strait

E151244
strait waterway

Torres Strait is a shallow, island-studded waterway between Australia and New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea and is home to the Indigenous Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Torres Strait canonical 25
Torres Strait region 5
Central Torres Strait 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf strait ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
administrativeRegion Torres Shire ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
borderedBy Queensland ⓘ
characterizedBy coral reefs ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
connects Arafura Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansIn 1606 ⓘ
ecoregion Torres Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait marine ecoregion
governedBy Torres Strait Regional Authority ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal peoples of Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
hasIslandGroup Central Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands ⓘ
Western Islands ⓘ
hasPart Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
historicalExplorer Luis Váez de Torres ⓘ
indigenousPeople Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
inhabitedBy Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
knownFor dugong habitat ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
sea turtle habitat ⓘ
seagrass meadows ⓘ
languageRegionOf Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Meriam Mir ⓘ
surface form: Meryam Mir
locatedBetween Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
southern coast of New Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
maximumDepth shallow ⓘ
namedAfter Luis Váez de Torres ⓘ
navigationHazard reefs and shoals ⓘ
partOf Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
regionOf Indo-Pacific region ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Pacific
separates Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
strategicImportance shipping route between Coral Sea and Arafura Sea ⓘ
subjectOf Torres Strait Treaty ⓘ
threatenedBy sea level rise ⓘ
treatyBetween Australia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
treatyPurpose environmental management ⓘ
maritime boundary delimitation ⓘ
traditional fishing rights ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea → separatedBy → Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → indigenousTo → Torres Strait ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria → connectedVia → Torres Strait ⓘ
51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment → areaOfResponsibility → Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait → ecoregion → Torres Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait marine ecoregion
New Guinea mangroves → border → Torres Strait ⓘ
Possession Island → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Jardine River → mouthLocatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Jardine River → flowsInto → Torres Strait ⓘ
Jardine River → hasMouth → Torres Strait ⓘ
Castaway (book) → setting → Torres Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Castaway
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region
Queensland marine parks estate → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region
Arafura Shelf → connectedTo → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region
Eastern Trans-Fly languages → spokenIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya → spokenIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Torres Strait
Kalaw Lagaw Ya → region → Torres Strait ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect → spokenIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Torres Strait area
Meriam Mir → region → Torres Strait ⓘ
Zenadh Kes → partOf → Torres Strait ⓘ
Zenadh Kes people → indigenousTo → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait) region
Top Western Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Near Western Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Near Western Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Torres Strait ⓘ
Central Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Inner Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Inner Islands → sea → Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Shire Council → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region
Torres Strait Regional Authority → jurisdiction → Torres Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region
England–Australia → keyStraitOrPassage → Torres Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: England–Australia maritime route
Eastern Islands → locatedIn → Torres Strait ⓘ
Skytrans Airlines → serviceArea → Torres Strait ⓘ