Albany Island
Albany Island | ||
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Landsat image of the Manar Islands Albany Island in the center |
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Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Manar Islands | |
Geographical location | 10 ° 43 '50 " S , 142 ° 36' 20" E | |
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length | 5.15 km | |
width | 1.09 km | |
surface | 6.07 km² | |
Highest elevation | 28 m | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Location of the Torres Strait Islands |
Albany Island , also called Pabaju , is an island in the southeast of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . It is also the main island of the Manar Islands , which are immediately east of the northeastern tip of Australia ( Cape York ).
Albany is slightly hilly, around five kilometers long (northwest to southeast) and on average one kilometer wide. Administratively it belongs to the Inner Islands , the southernmost island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .
The island is uninhabited.