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Crab Island (Queensland)

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41: 285: 1480: 29: 299: 1490: 267: 1437: 205:, Australia. It is around 280 hectares (690 acres). The distance to the closest mainland (close to Slade Point) is 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi). The original inhabitants were the 334: 1442: 78: 1523: 399: 1467: 550: 545: 888: 144: 1121: 1290: 922: 736: 1518: 1494: 1203: 613: 1499: 1137: 965: 955: 314: 1285: 1280: 1216: 785: 725: 712: 392: 994: 850: 768: 690: 1326: 1319: 600: 1335: 1401: 1023: 828: 799: 245: 1484: 1371: 1366: 628: 385: 1396: 1391: 1241: 839: 418: 342: 260: 46: 1416: 1356: 1307: 1236: 237: 8: 1376: 253: 198: 190: 115: 50: 363: 1452: 1411: 1381: 1361: 1193: 960: 186: 66: 1406: 290: 1447: 1432: 1041: 436: 194: 1457: 1275: 1231: 1221: 930: 229: 1226: 1106: 944: 588: 516: 457: 377: 304: 1512: 1386: 1246: 1211: 1185: 1086: 1031: 908: 566: 409: 335:"Crab Island (Moent) – island in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry 8640)" 221: 93: 80: 1101: 1091: 1071: 1051: 1046: 479: 178: 1143: 1111: 1076: 695: 676: 225: 40: 28: 1116: 1081: 1066: 1061: 1056: 1036: 506: 217: 202: 149: 1462: 1438:
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to the west. It is the most significant breeding ground of the
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in the native language, is a now uninhabited island west of
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Torres Strait Islands
Gulf of Carpentaria
Northern Australia
10°58′23″S 142°06′22″E / 10.973°S 142.106°E / -10.973; 142.106
Gulf of Carpentaria
State
Queensland
Muttee Heads
Seisia
Bamaga
Cape York Peninsula
Endeavour Strait
Gulf of Carpentaria
Queensland
Apukwi branch of the Ankamuti
Melanesian
New Guinea
Torres Strait
Arafura Sea
flatback turtle
hawksbill sea turtle
olive ridley sea turtle
saltwater crocodile
Torres Strait Islands

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