Halfway Island (Torres Strait)

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Halfway Island
(Zuzin)
Landsat image of Halfway Island (center). Below: Kodnasem Reef.
Landsat image from Halfway Island (center).
Below: Kodnasem Reef .
Waters Pacific Ocean ( Torres Strait )
Geographical location 10 ° 6 ′ 20 ″  S , 143 ° 19 ′ 13 ″  E Coordinates: 10 ° 6 ′ 20 ″  S , 143 ° 19 ′ 13 ″  E
Halfway Island (Torres Strait) (Queensland)
Halfway Island (Torres Strait)
length 560 m
width 230 m
surface 9.35 hectares
Highest elevation 1  m
Residents uninhabited
Map of the Torres Strait Islands
Map of the Torres Strait Islands

Halfway Island , also known as Zuzin or Zuizin Island , is an uninhabited Australian island in the center of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . The closest inhabited island, Coconut Island, is 28 km to the northwest.

The roughly nine hectare, sparsely vegetated island barely rises above sea level. It is located in the north of a 9.3 km² reef platform. 1.7 km south of the southern rim of reefs is Kodnasem Reef , which is 2.7 km² far smaller, with the tiny vegetation- free Kodnasem Cay (2 ha).

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

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