Masig Island
- Local Government Area
- Torres Strait Island
- Population
- 283
- Area
- 1.57 km²
- Coordinates
- -9.7523, 143.4079
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Masig Island
Masig Island, also known as Yorke Island, is an island and locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. The name Masig is from the Kalau Lagau Ya language for this coral cay island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, situated in the eastern area of the central island group in the Torres Strait, at the top end of the Great Barrier Reef and north-east of the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Nearby localities
- Ugar Island 31 km
- Erub Island 44 km
- Poruma Island 50 km
- Dowar Islet 71 km
- Iama Island 71 km
- Waua Islet 72 km