Boigu Island
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Boigu Island is a low-lying, mudflat island in the Torres Strait and one of Australia’s northernmost inhabited communities, located just off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
inhabited place
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Torres Strait Island Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Torres Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | approximately -9.25° S 142.22° E ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| distanceToPapuaNewGuineaCoast | approximately 6 kilometres ⓘ |
| economyActivity |
subsistence fishing
ⓘ
subsistence gardening ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | low-lying ⓘ |
| environmentType | coastal wetland ⓘ |
| governedBy | laws of Australia ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Queensland local government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalIdentity | Torres Strait Islander culture ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
airstrip
ⓘ
health centre ⓘ primary school ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIslands |
Dauan Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saibai Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Boigu community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink | air services to other Torres Strait islands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Queensland
ⓘ
Torres Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Strait Island Region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Torres Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCountry | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offCoastOf | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oneOfNorthernmostInhabitedPlacesOf | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Australian external northern border region
ⓘ
Top Western Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Strait Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfElectorate | federal division of Leichhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfStateElectorate | Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
coastal erosion
ⓘ
sea level rise impacts ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | coral reefs ⓘ |
| terrainType | mudflat island ⓘ |
| timeZone | AEST ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageRegion | Kalaw Kawaw Ya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalOwners | Torres Strait Islander people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +10 ⓘ |
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