Goods Island

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Goods Island
(Palilug)
Landsat image of Goods Island
Landsat image from Goods Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Thursday Islands
Geographical location 10 ° 33 '43 "  S , 142 ° 9' 36"  E Coordinates: 10 ° 33 '43 "  S , 142 ° 9' 36"  E
Goods Island (Queensland)
Goods Island
length 3.2 km
width 1.2 km
surface 2.14 km²
Highest elevation Hester Hill
67  m
Residents uninhabited
Location of the Torres Strait Islands
Location of the Torres Strait Islands

Goods Island , also known as Palilug , is a small island in the Torres Strait Archipelago . It is located in the northwest of the Thursday Islands , 980 meters west of Hammond Island , and is less than three miles from Thursday Island , the main island in the Torres Strait.

Administratively, Goods Island is part of the Inner Islands , the southernmost island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .

The flat island is about 3.2 kilometers long and on average less than a kilometer wide. Goods Island is uninhabited.

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