Turtle Head Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean ( Coral Sea ) | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 56 '5 " S , 142 ° 40' 44" E | |
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| length | 7.4 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
| surface | 12.8 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 30 m | |
| main place | Ok village | |
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Turtle Head Island is an Australian island in the extreme south of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . It is located just off the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Newcastle Bay at the mouth of the Escape River . 1.3 km west of Turtle Head are Trochus Island , 3.5 km north the islets of Turtle and Brewis Island .
The shape of the densely forested island is somewhat reminiscent of a turtle head (Engl. Turtle Head ). There are smaller brackish lakes on Turtle Head . While the north-western part of the island is uninhabited, the small settlement Ok Village with a boat mooring is located on the south-west coast and a runway for small planes on the south-east coast ( 10 ° 57 ′ 18 ″ S, 142 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ E ).
Administratively, Turtle Head Island is one of the Inner Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of Queensland .
Captain William Bligh passed the island on Wednesday, June 3, 1789 on his voyage to Kupang in the Bounty's dinghy .