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.

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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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