Aureed Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago | Bourke Islands |
| Geographical location | 9 ° 57 '24 " S , 143 ° 17' 41" O |
| length | 1.7 km |
| width | 410 m |
| surface | 60 ha |
| Highest elevation | 1 m |
| Residents | uninhabited |
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Aureed Island is a small coral island in the center of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . The flat island is 1.7 kilometers long and a maximum of 400 meters wide. It is located in the northwest area of a 6.30 km large reef platform. It rises barely a meter above sea level and is only sparsely overgrown.
In terms of area, Aureed is the largest island of the seven Bourke Islands and administratively belongs to the Central Islands , an island region in the administrative district of Torres Shire in the Australian state of Queensland .
The island is uninhabited.