Kabikane Island
Kabikane Island | |
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Landsat image of Kabikane Island | |
Waters | Pacific Ocean |
Archipelago | Bourke Islands |
Geographical location | 9 ° 49 '15 " S , 143 ° 24' 31" E |
length | 600 m |
width | 260 m |
surface | 9 ha |
Highest elevation | 6 m |
Residents | uninhabited |
Kabikane Island , also known as Kabikane Islet , is a small, sparsely vegetated coral island in the northeast of the Torres Strait Archipelago . The uninhabited island is 600 meters long, 260 meters wide and is located in the northwest of a circular reef platform .
The island is the northernmost of the Bourke Islands . It is 5 km north of Aukane Island and 7.5 km south of Yorke Island .