Aukane Island

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Aukane Island
Landsat image of Aukane Island
Landsat image of Aukane Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Bourke Islands
Geographical location 9 ° 52 '9 "  S , 143 ° 23' 37"  E Coordinates: 9 ° 52 '9 "  S , 143 ° 23' 37"  E
length 800 m
width 350 m
surface 20 ha
Highest elevation 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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