Yam Island

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Yam Island
(Iama)
Landsat image of Yam Island
Landsat image of Yam Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Geographical location 9 ° 54 '3 "  S , 142 ° 46' 27"  O Coordinates: 9 ° 54 '3 "  S , 142 ° 46' 27"  O
length 2.3 km
width 1.2 km
surface 1.73 km²
Highest elevation 160  m
Residents 311 (2006)
180 inhabitants / km²
Location of the Torres Strait Islands: Yam Island roughly in the middle of the picture, left.
Location of the Torres Strait Islands :
Yam Island roughly in the middle of the picture, left.

Yam Island , also called Iama , is an island in the center of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago . It is 65 kilometers from the south coast of Papua New Guinea and 95 kilometers from the north coast of Australia .

Administratively, it belongs to the Central Islands , an island region in the Torres Shire administrative district of the Australian state of Queensland .

The 173 hectare hilly island is surrounded by a fringing reef . In the middle of the island, an 800-meter-long runway for small aircraft was created. The only settlement is on the west coast; according to the 2006 census , 311 people live on Yam Island . In 2001 there were 338.

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