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    Deliverance Island

    Warul Kawa

    9°31′S 141°34′E

    Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area (also known as Deliverance Island) is a small island that is part of Australia's National Reserve System, located 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of Papua New Guinea and about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Thursday Island, Torres Strait.

    Deliverance Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
    Deliverance Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia

    Dr John Burton Fellow, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Building / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    9°31′S 141°34′E

    Terrain exaggerated for relief. Drag to look around.

    Overview

    Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area (also known as Deliverance Island) is a small island that is part of Australia's National Reserve System, located 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of Papua New Guinea and about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Thursday Island, Torres Strait. The protected area and island are the most north westerly of the Torres Strait Islands located in the water of Torres Strait, part of Queensland in Australia, and 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Indonesia, at the border of Papua province.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Chart

    Nearest islands

    Also in Torres Strait Islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs

    • Deliverance Island - 25 Jun 2002. Dr John Burton Fellow, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Building / CC BY-SA 3.0