Bet Island
| Bet Island (Bet Islet) |
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.png) Bet Island far left, Vin Islet half right. |
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | The Three Sisters | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 8 ′ 45 " S , 142 ° 49 ′ 11" E | |
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| surface | 17.67 hectares | |
| Highest elevation | 1 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Bet Island , also known as Bet Islet , is an Australian island in the center of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . It is located in the north of the island group The Three Sisters and is about 6.3 km from Sue Island , the only inhabited island of the "Three Sisters".
Bet Island with a land area of almost 17.7 hectares is bordered by a dense, 13 km long and up to 3 km wide coral reef ( Bet Islet Reef ) with an area of 28.7 km². Bet except that lies entirely in the West, is located in the reef nor the small island Vin Islet , 10 ° 9 ' S , 142 ° 55' O on the eastern Riffkranz, with an area of one hectare.
Administratively, Bet Island (along with Vin Islet) is one of the Central Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of Queensland .