Crab_Island_(Queensland)

Crab Island (Queensland)

Crab Island (Queensland)

Island in Queensland


Crab Island, called Moent Island in the native language, is a now uninhabited island west of Muttee Heads and the coastal community of Seisia which is adjacent to Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland, Australia.[1] It is around 280 hectares (690 acres).[2] The distance to the closest mainland (close to Slade Point) is 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi). The original inhabitants were the Apukwi branch of the Ankamuti.[citation needed]

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Crab Island lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea in the southwestern part of the Torres Strait, facing the Arafura Sea to the west. It is the most significant breeding ground of the flatback turtle (Natator depressus) and there is occasional nesting by the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) the island it has predators like saltwater crocodile.[citation needed]

This island is south of the Torres Strait Islands.[citation needed]

Crab Island, Cape York

See also


References

  1. "Crab Island (Moent) – island in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry 8640)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. "Map of Crab Island, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.

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