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| Boigu Island is the most northerly inhabited island in Australian territory. It is part of the top-western group of the Torres Strait Islands, which lie in the Torres Strait separating Cape York Peninsula from the island of New Guinea. The mainland of Papua New Guinea is only 6 km away from Boigu.
It is one of the Talbot Islands, Torres Strait.
Boigu is approximately 18 km long, and low-lying. It was formed by the accumulation of alluvial sediments deposited by the discharge of nearby New Guinean rivers into the Strait. These sediments built up over time on an old coral platform which rises from the shallow continental shelf, eventually creating the island.
Most of the island is subject to extensive periodic flooding, and as a result the community township has been built on the highest ground.
Two nearby smaller islands (not permanently settled) are considered as a part of Boigu island, these are Aubisi Island and Moimi Island.
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