Bourke Islands

Bourke Islands
Landsat image of the archipelago
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Torres Strait Islands
Geographical location	9 ° 54 ′  S , 143 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 9 ° 54 ′  S , 143 ° 24 ′  E
Number of islands	7th
Main island	Bourke Island
Total land area	1.60 km²
Residents	uninhabited
Location of the Torres Strait Islands

The Bourke Islands are an uninhabited Australian archipelago in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . They are about 95 km southeast of the south coast of Papua New Guinea and 130 km northeast of the northern tip of Australia. They are all coral islands .

The archipelago extends over 44 km from west ( Roberts Island ) to the main island to the east ( Bourke Island ). The north-south extension is less with 17 km from Kabikane Island to Mimi Island .

history

The island group was named in 1836 by Charles Lewis , commander of the ship Isabella , after Sir Richard Bourke (governor of the Australian colony of New South Wales between 1831 and 1837).

Islands

The group includes the following uninhabited islands:

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Island name	Area km²	Geocoordinate
Aukane Island	0.20	09 ° 52 ′ 07 ″  S , 143 ° 23 ′ 38 ″  E
Aureed Island	0.60	9 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  S , 143 ° 17 ′ 22 ″  E
Bourke Island	0.12	9 ° 53 ′ 16 ″  S , 143 ° 29 ′ 16 ″  E
Kabikane Island	0.09	9 ° 49 ′ 15 ″  S , 143 ° 24 ′ 31 ″  E
Layoak Island	0.09	9 ° 51 ′ 47 ″  S , 143 ° 18 ′ 30 ″  E
Mimi Island	0.11	9 ° 57 '14 "  S , 143 ° 23' 48"  E
Roberts Island	0.39	9 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  S , 143 ° 7 ′ 12 ″  E

Administratively, the archipelago is one of the Central Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of Queensland .

See also

• List of Torres Strait Islands