Saibai Island

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Saibai Island is a low-lying, predominantly Torres Strait Islander-inhabited island near the Papua New Guinea coast, known for its vulnerable position to sea-level rise and rich Indigenous culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saibai Island canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
borders Papua New Guinea maritime boundary ⓘ
climateChangeIssue subject of climate adaptation planning ⓘ
threatened by rising sea levels ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice Torres Strait Islander dance and ceremony ⓘ
traditional hunting and fishing ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Torres Strait Islander cultural centre ⓘ
distanceToPapuaNewGuinea a few kilometres ⓘ
economicActivity art and cultural production ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
elevation low-lying ⓘ
environmentalVulnerability coastal flooding ⓘ
storm surges ⓘ
environmentalVulnerability sea-level rise ⓘ
governance within Queensland state jurisdiction ⓘ
governedAs locality in Queensland ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches ⓘ
hasSettlement Saibai (community) ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized for Indigenous cultural heritage ⓘ
indigenousCulture Torres Strait Islander culture ⓘ
inhabitedBy Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
languageGroup Kala Kawaw Ya speakers ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
northern Australia ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Arafura Sea ⓘ
locatedNear Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea south coast ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Treaty area ⓘ
linked to: Torres Strait
populationCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous ⓘ
strategicSignificance biosecurity monitoring ⓘ
border security ⓘ
terrain mudflat island ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
traditionalOwners Saibai Islander people ⓘ
transport served by Saibai Island Airport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Strait Islands → hasMajorIsland → Saibai Island ⓘ
Kala Lagaw Ya → isSpokenOnIsland → Saibai Island ⓘ
Boigu Island → hasNearbyIslands → Saibai Island ⓘ