Manar Islands

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Manar Islands
Landsat image of the group
Landsat image of the group
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Torres Strait Islands
Geographical location 10 ° 43 ′  S , 142 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 10 ° 43 ′  S , 142 ° 37 ′  E
Manar Islands (Queensland)
Manar Islands
Number of islands 6th
Main island Albany Island
Total land area 6.35 km²
Residents uninhabited
Location of the Torres Strait Islands
Location of the Torres Strait Islands

The Manar Islands (English Manar Group ) are a small island group belonging to Australia (state of Queensland ) in the east of the archipelago of the Torres Strait Islands . The group that lies directly in front of the northeast tip of the Cape York Peninsula includes the following islands :

Surname Alternatively Coordinates Area
km²
Albany Island Pabaju ! 642.6055175489.269550510 ° 44 ′  S , 142 ° 36 ′  E 5.91
Albany Rock Gulupsum rock ! 642.6297225489.281667510 ° 43 '  S , 142 ° 38'  E 0.03
Bush Islet ! 642.5976335489.290892510 ° 43 '  S , 142 ° 36'  E 0.10
May Iceland ! 642.6244005489.278056510 ° 43 '  S , 142 ° 37'  E 0.25
Pitt Rock ! 642.6225005489.272778510 ° 44 ′  S , 142 ° 37 ′  E 0.04
Tree Island Jul ! 642.5966195489.294519510 ° 42 '  S , 142 ° 36'  E 0.02

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

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