A strait between the northern tip of Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea, dotted with numerous small islands home to the Torres Strait Islander peoples. It links the Coral Sea to the Arafura Sea.
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Source Torres Strait - Wikipedia
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1. Torres Strait - Wikipedia
Infobox, Coordinates field, latitude value
9°50′S 142°30′E
Infobox, Coordinates field, longitude value
9°50′S 142°30′E
Shaped By: Sea Level Change, Formation statement for target 287776
They became islands as sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age.
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