Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea
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The maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea is a legally defined sea border running through the Torres Strait that regulates sovereignty, resource rights, and navigation between the two neighboring countries.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6523483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea Context triple: [Torres Strait, partOf, Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea]
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A.
Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia
The maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia is a legally defined sea border in northern Australian waters that delineates the two countries’ territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, and continental shelf rights across areas including the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea.
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B.
New South Wales–Queensland border
The New South Wales–Queensland border is the interstate boundary in eastern Australia separating the states of New South Wales and Queensland, running from the Pacific coast inland across varied terrain.
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C.
Torres Strait
Torres Strait is a shallow, island-studded waterway between Australia and New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea and is home to the Indigenous Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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D.
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding New Zealand over which the country has special rights to explore, manage, and use marine resources.
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E.
Fiji–New Zealand border
The Fiji–New Zealand border is an international air and maritime boundary in the South Pacific that separates the island nation of Fiji from New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea Target entity description: The maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea is a legally defined sea border running through the Torres Strait that regulates sovereignty, resource rights, and navigation between the two neighboring countries.
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A.
Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia
The maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia is a legally defined sea border in northern Australian waters that delineates the two countries’ territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, and continental shelf rights across areas including the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea.
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B.
New South Wales–Queensland border
The New South Wales–Queensland border is the interstate boundary in eastern Australia separating the states of New South Wales and Queensland, running from the Pacific coast inland across varied terrain.
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C.
Torres Strait
Torres Strait is a shallow, island-studded waterway between Australia and New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea and is home to the Indigenous Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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D.
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding New Zealand over which the country has special rights to explore, manage, and use marine resources.
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E.
Fiji–New Zealand border
The Fiji–New Zealand border is an international air and maritime boundary in the South Pacific that separates the island nation of Fiji from New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
maritime boundary ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Government of Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Australian government
Government of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to:
government of Papua New Guinea
|
| appliesTo |
Torres Strait Islands region
ⓘ
linked to:
Torres Strait Islands
adjacent territorial seas ⓘ continental shelf areas ⓘ |
| basedOn | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea principles ⓘ |
| betweenCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| category |
Borders of Australia
ⓘ
Borders of Papua New Guinea ⓘ Maritime boundaries in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| contains | Torres Strait Protected Zone ⓘ |
| definedBy |
Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters
ⓘ
linked to:
Torres Strait Treaty
|
| enteredIntoForceFor |
Australia
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| governs |
innocent passage of ships
ⓘ
rights over fisheries in Torres Strait ⓘ rights over hydrocarbons in seabed ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
protected zone boundary
ⓘ
seabed boundary ⓘ water column boundary ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffect |
allocation of enforcement responsibilities
ⓘ
delimitation of jurisdiction over marine resources ⓘ |
| hasSpecialRegime |
traditional cross-border movement
ⓘ
traditional fishing rights ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialText | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Torres Strait ⓘ |
| near |
Cape York Peninsula
ⓘ
southern coast of Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| partOf | Australia–Papua New Guinea border ⓘ |
| purpose |
management of fisheries
ⓘ
management of seabed resources ⓘ protection of traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional inhabitants ⓘ regulation of cross-border movement ⓘ |
| region | Coral Sea ⓘ |
| regulates |
navigation
ⓘ
resource rights ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Australia–Papua New Guinea land border
ⓘ
Papua New Guinean coastal communities ⓘ Torres Strait Islander communities ⓘ
linked to:
Torres Strait Islanders
|
| separates |
Australia
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| shortName |
Torres Strait Treaty boundary
ⓘ
linked to:
Torres Strait Treaty
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea Description of subject: The maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea is a legally defined sea border running through the Torres Strait that regulates sovereignty, resource rights, and navigation between the two neighboring countries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea
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partOf
→
Australia–Papua New Guinea border
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linked to: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea
linked to: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea
linked to: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea
linked to: Maritime boundary between Australia and Papua New Guinea