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What is the place between cape york peninsula is it Torres strait islands or papua new guinea?
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The Torres Strait Islands lie between Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
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Where is the Torres Strait?
The Torres Strait is the ocean area between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. A link is provided.
Can you see Australia from New Guinea?
No. The closest point of Australia, Cape York Peninsula, is 150km from Papua New Guinea. However, one can see some of the Torres Strait Islands such as Saibai Island or Boigu Island. The Torres Strait Islands are Australian territory.
What is the body of water between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea?
The body of water between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
What is the name of the group of small islands between Cape York and Papua New Guinea?
These are known as the Torres Strait islands.
Where is Thursday Island?
Thursday Island lies in Torres Strait, 39 north of the Queensland coast, between Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
Do you have a map of the habitat of The Spotted Cuscus?
The Spotted Cuscus lives on the Cape York Peninsula (the one going north from northeastern Australia), on New Guinea, on Sulawesi, on all the islands in between Sulawesi and New Guinea, and on some islands east of New Guinea.
What passage of water separates Papua New Guinea from Australia?
Torres Strait lies between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Which Strait is between the island of New Guinea and Queensland?
Torres Strait lies between Queensland and New Guinea.
What sea separates New Guinea and Australia?
The three seas which border both New Guinea and Australia are the Arafura Sea, Coral Sea and Timor Sea.The body of water between the northern tip of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
Who is Australia's closest neighbor?
Australia's closest neighbour is Papua New Guinean. From the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Australia's north to the closest point in Papua New Guinea is a distance of only 150 km. Given the numerous islands across Torres strait! which lies between the two countries, theoretically they are even closer.
What is the name of the strait between New Guinea and the mainland of Australia?
This strait is Torres Strait.
What is the strait north of Australia?
The strait north of Australia off Cape York Peninsula (Australia's northernmost point) is Torres Strait. It is around 150 km wide, and separates Cape York Peninsula from Papua New Guinea.
