Tuesday Islands
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 33 ′ S , 142 ° 21 ′ E |
| Number of islands | 4th |
| Main island | Kudalag (Kai-Gudulug) |
| Total land area | 0.29 km² |
| Residents | uninhabited |
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The Tuesday Islands , english Tuesday Islets are an Australian group of islands in the south of the archipelago of the Torres Strait Islands . They are around three kilometers southeast of Wednesday Island .
etymology
The (western) name of the archipelago comes from Captain William Bligh , who crossed the Torres Strait from June 2 (Tuesday) to June 5, 1789 (Friday) in a westerly direction ( Kupang ). He named some of the islands he passed after the days of the week of his four-day transit: First the Tuesday Islets , then Wednesday Island , Thursday Island and Friday Island . Sunday Island , which he passed on the previous Sunday, May 31, 1789 and which no longer belongs to the Torres Strait Islands, is located around 200 kilometers southeast of the Tuesday Islands near the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula .
geography
The islands are uninhabited. It is a matter of:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
| Island name | Traditional name |
Area km² |
Geographic coordinates |
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| Number One Islet | Kudalag ( Kai-Gudulug ) | 0.19 | 10 ° 33 ' S , 142 ° 21' E |
| Number Two Islet | Meggi-Kudulug | 0.10 | 10 ° 33 ' S , 142 ° 21' E |
| Number Three Islet | 0.007 | 10 ° 33 ' S , 142 ° 21' E | |
| Number Four Islet | Danga Missin Islet | 0.006 | 10 ° 33 ′ S , 142 ° 20 ′ E |
The larger island of Kudalag is around 640 meters southwest of the smaller island of Meggi-Kudulug. In between is the much smaller Number Three Islet . The equally small Number Four Islet (Danga Missin) is 1,400 meters further west.
Administratively, the Tuesday Islands are part of the Inner Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire county of Queensland .