The Torres Strait is the ocean area between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. A link is provided.
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.
The body of water between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
These are known as the Torres Strait islands.
Thursday Island lies in Torres Strait, 39 north of the Queensland coast, between Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
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.
Torres Strait lies between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Torres Strait lies between Queensland and New Guinea.
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.
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.
This strait is Torres Strait.
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.