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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Boigu Island canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited place
island
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council
borderFeature Torres Strait
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
hasCulturalIdentity Torres Strait Islander culture
hasFacility airstrip
health centre
primary school
hasNearbyIslands Dauan Island NERFINISHED
Saibai Island
hasSettlement Boigu community
hasTransportLink air services to other Torres Strait islands
locatedIn Queensland
Torres Strait
Torres Strait Island Region
northern Australia
locatedInBodyOfWater Torres Strait
nearbyCountry Papua New Guinea
offCoastOf Papua New Guinea
oneOfNorthernmostInhabitedPlacesOf Australia
partOf Australian external northern border region
Top Western Islands
Torres Strait Islands
partOfElectorate federal division of Leichhardt
partOfStateElectorate Cook
populationCharacteristic small population
subjectTo coastal erosion
sea level rise impacts
surroundedBy coral reefs
terrainType mudflat island
timeZone AEST
traditionalLanguageRegion Kalaw Kawaw Ya
linked to: Kalaw Lagaw Ya
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander people
utcOffset +10

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Kala Lagaw Ya isSpokenOnIsland Boigu Island