Trochus Island
Island in Queensland, Australia
10°55′19″S 142°37′48″E / 10.922°S 142.630°E / -10.922; 142.630
Australia
Trochus Island is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, east of Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia.
The island is located in Newcastle Bay at the mouth of Escape River and Middle River, not far from Jackey Jackey Creek and adjacent to the Apudthama National Park. The island lies approximately 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Bamaga and has an approximate area of 2.1 square kilometres (0.81 sq mi).[1]
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- ^ a b "Map of Trochus Island, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
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- Adolphus Channel
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan Islands
- Endeavour Strait
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- Margaret Lawrie
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