Roberts Island (Torres Strait)

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Roberts Island
Landsat image of Roberts Island
Landsat picture of Roberts Iceland
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Bourke Islands
Geographical location 9 ° 59 '11 "  S , 143 ° 7' 12"  E Coordinates: 9 ° 59 '11 "  S , 143 ° 7' 12"  E
length 600 m
width 300 m
surface 1.8 ha
Highest elevation m
Residents uninhabited
Location of the Torres Strait Islands
Location of the Torres Strait Islands

Roberts Island , also called Roberts Islet , is a small, almost vegetationless coral island in the northeast of the archipelago of the Torres Strait Islands . The flat, uninhabited island is 600 meters long and 300 meters wide. It is located in the west of a 1.4 km² reef platform.

The island is the westernmost of the Bourke Islands , which administratively belong to the Central Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .

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  1. Far North Qld Region Back ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Queensland Government, Date: 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2014, PDF, 473 kB. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tmr.qld.gov.au