Poruma Island

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Poruma Island is a small inhabited coral cay in the central Torres Strait region of Queensland, Australia, known for its Indigenous Torres Strait Islander community and traditional maritime culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Poruma Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited place ⓘ
island ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
governedBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
hasBiodiversity sea turtles ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
tropical marine life ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCommunityType remote island community ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial dance ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional navigation ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Torres Strait ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
hasEnvironment coral reef ⓘ
sandy cay ⓘ
hasHeritage Indigenous Australian ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Torres Strait Islander languages area ⓘ
hasPopulationStatus inhabited ⓘ
hasPrimaryTransportMode air ⓘ
boat ⓘ
hasReligiousInfluence Christianity ⓘ
Indigenous spiritual beliefs ⓘ
hasSurroundingFeature coral reefs ⓘ
shallow lagoons ⓘ
hasTraditionalActivities fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
hasTraditionalCulture maritime culture ⓘ
isInTimeZone AEST ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
central Torres Strait ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedInCountry Australia ⓘ
locatedInState Queensland ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Islander region ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander peoples ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Torres Strait Islands → hasMajorIsland → Poruma Island ⓘ
Central Islands → hasIsland → Poruma Island ⓘ