Moa Island
| Moa Island Banks Island |
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 11 ′ S , 142 ° 16 ′ E |
| length | 13.4 km |
| width | 12.8 km |
| surface | 171.7 km² |
| Highest elevation | Banks Peak 374 m |
| Residents | 439 (2006) 2.6 inhabitants / km² |
| main place | St. Pauls |
 Moa Island in the center of the picture, left. |
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Moa Island , also known as Banks Island , is a centrally located island in the west of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago .
It is only separated from its neighboring island Badu by a 3 km wide waterway ( Banks Channel ). The highest peak is Banks Peak in the northeast, with a height of 113 meters.
Administratively, both islands belong to the Western Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .
Moa Island is the second largest of the Torres Strait Islands with an area of over 170 km². The island rises up to 130 meters above sea level in the southwest, is sparsely overgrown, but has natural freshwater resources .
On the island are the two places Kubin on the southwest coast and St. Pauls on the east coast. They are connected by a narrow, winding road 18 kilometers in length. There is a 980 meter long runway for small aircraft near Kubin .
After the census of 2006 439 people lived on Moa Iceland , of which 201 in Kubin and 238 in St. Pauls. According to the 2001 census , the population was 394 people.
See also
Individual evidence
Web links
- Website of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (Kubin) ( Engl. )
- Website of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (St. Paul) ( Engl. )
- Topographic map 1: 250,000