Boigu Island

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Boigu Island is a low-lying, mudflat island in the Torres Strait and one of Australia’s northernmost inhabited communities, located just off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boigu Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited place ⓘ
island ⓘ
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
borderFeature Torres Strait ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately -9.25° S 142.22° E ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceToPapuaNewGuineaCoast approximately 6 kilometres ⓘ
economyActivity subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence gardening ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel low-lying ⓘ
environmentType coastal wetland ⓘ
governedBy laws of Australia ⓘ
governedUnder Queensland local government ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Torres Strait Islander culture ⓘ
hasFacility airstrip ⓘ
health centre ⓘ
primary school ⓘ
hasNearbyIslands Dauan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saibai Island ⓘ
hasSettlement Boigu community ⓘ
hasTransportLink air services to other Torres Strait islands ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
northern Australia ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Torres Strait ⓘ
nearbyCountry Papua New Guinea ⓘ
offCoastOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
oneOfNorthernmostInhabitedPlacesOf Australia ⓘ
partOf Australian external northern border region ⓘ
Top Western Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
partOfElectorate federal division of Leichhardt ⓘ
partOfStateElectorate Cook ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
subjectTo coastal erosion ⓘ
sea level rise impacts ⓘ
surroundedBy coral reefs ⓘ
terrainType mudflat island ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
traditionalLanguageRegion Kalaw Kawaw Ya ⓘ
linked to: Kalaw Lagaw Ya
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ
utcOffset +10 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Kala Lagaw Ya → isSpokenOnIsland → Boigu Island ⓘ