Torres Strait Islands

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of islands to the north of the Australian mainland, stretching nearly as far as . There are 14 inhabited islands, but only the two neighbouring islands of Thursday Island and Horn Island have developed visitor facilities.
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is the administrative and main population centre of the Torres Strait Islands. It has developed visitor facilities, with supermarkets, a few accommodation options, a restaurant or two, souvenirs, and decent espresso.

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, or Ngurupai/Narupai in the local language, is an of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago located in the , in in between the mainland and .

Torres Strait Islands

Latitude
-10.5° or 10° 30′ south
Longitude
142.25° or 142° 15′ east
Population
7,160
Open location code
5RX4G722+22
Geo­Names ID
2146208
Wiki­data ID
Q1059258
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Torres Strait Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Straat van Torres-eilande”
  • Arabic: “جزر مضيق توريس”
  • Basque: “Torres itsasarteko uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Торэсавай пратокі”
  • Bengali: “টরেস প্রণালী দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Catalan: “illes de l’estret de Torres”
  • Catalan: “Illes de l’estret de Torres”
  • Catalan: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Cebuano: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Chinese: “托雷斯海峡群岛”
  • Chinese: “托雷斯海峽群島”
  • Czech: “Ostrovy Torresova průlivu”
  • Dutch: “Straat Torreseilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Insuloj de la Toresa Markolo”
  • Finnish: “Torresinsalmen saaret”
  • French: “Iles du detroit de Torres”
  • French: “Îles du Détroit de Torres”
  • French: “îles du détroit de Torrès”
  • French: “Îles du détroit de Torrès”
  • French: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Galician: “Illas do estreito de Torres”
  • Georgian: “ტორესის სრუტის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • German: “Torres-Strait-Inseln”
  • Greek: “Στενό Τόρες”
  • Hebrew: “איי מצר טורס”
  • Icelandic: “Torressundseyjar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Selat Torres”
  • Italian: “Isole dello Stretto di Torres”
  • Italian: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Japanese: “トレス海峡諸島”
  • Korean: “토러스 해협 제도”
  • Korean: “토레스 해협 제도”
  • Korean: “토레스 해협제도”
  • Macedonian: “Острови на Торесовиот Проток”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Selat Torres”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Norwegian: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Persian: “جزایر تنگه تورس”
  • Polish: “Wyspy w Cieśninie Torresa”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas do Estreito de Torres”
  • Russian: “Острова Торресова пролива”
  • Samoan: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Serbian: “Острва Торесовог мореуза”
  • Slovenian: “otoki Torresovega preliva”
  • Spanish: “Islas del estrecho de Torres”
  • Swedish: “Torres Strait Islands”
  • Swedish: “Torressundöarna”
  • Tamil: “டொரெஸ் நீரிணைத் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “தொரெசு நீரிணைத் தீவுகள்”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะช่องแคบทอร์เรส”
  • Turkish: “Torres Boğazı Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Торресової протоки”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Eo biển Torres”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Culfor Torres”
  • Western Frisian: “Torresstrjitte-eilannen”

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