Aukane Island
Aukane Island | |
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Landsat image of Aukane Island | |
Waters | Pacific Ocean |
Archipelago | Bourke Islands |
Geographical location | 9 ° 52 '9 " S , 143 ° 23' 37" E |
length | 800 m |
width | 350 m |
surface | 20 ha |
Highest elevation | 9 m |
Residents | uninhabited |
Aukane Island , also called Aukane Islet , is a small, sparsely vegetated coral island in the northeast of the archipelago of the Torres Strait Islands . The uninhabited island is 800 meters long, about 350 meters wide and is located on the northwestern edge of an approximately four square kilometer, almost circular reef platform .
The island is located nine kilometers east of Layoak Island and 9.5 kilometers north of Mimi Island . It belongs to the group of the Bourke Islands , which administratively belong to the Central Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .
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