Torres Strait
Papua New Guinea /
Fly River /
Daru /
World
/ Papua New Guinea
/ Fly River
/ Daru
World / Australia / Queensland
water, strait / channel / passage / narrows, invisible
The Torres Strait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is approximately 150 km wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost continental extremity of the Australian state of Queensland. To the north is the Western Province of the independent state of Papua New Guinea.
Torres Strait
Name honours Luis Vaez de Torres who unknowlngly sailed throgh the strait in September 1606, six months after the Dutch vessel Duyfken sailed these waters. It came from the west but failed to find a passage through, and followed the eastern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria south instead.
Torres Strait
Name honours Luis Vaez de Torres who unknowlngly sailed throgh the strait in September 1606, six months after the Dutch vessel Duyfken sailed these waters. It came from the west but failed to find a passage through, and followed the eastern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria south instead.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_Strait
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Coordinates: 9°57'20"S 143°4'19"E
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