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词条 Bourke Isles
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| image_name = Yam Island (Landsat).png
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| image_caption = A Landsat image of Yam Island, one of the Bourke Isles
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| map_image = TorresStraitIslandsMap.png
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| map_caption = A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing Yam Island as Iama in central waters of the Torres Strait
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| etymology = Richard Bourke[1]
| location = Cumberland Passage, Northern Australia
| archipelago = Torres Strait Islands
| waterbody = Torres Strait
| total_islands = 7
| major_islands = Yam Island
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The Bourke Isles are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located west of the Cumberland Passage in the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia.[1] The isles are situated approximately {{convert|130|km}} northeast of Thursday Island and {{convert|54|km}} southwest of Darnley Island.[1] The Bourke Isles are located within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area.

The islands were named in 1836 by Charles Lewis, the Commander of colonial schooner Isabella, in honour of Richard Bourke, at the time, the Governor of New South Wales.[2]

The Bourke Isles includes:

  • Aukane Islet
  • Aureed Island
  • Kabbikane Islet
  • Layoak Islet
  • Mimi Islet
  • Roberts Islet
  • Yam Island[3]

See also

{{stack|{{Portal|Queensland|Islands}}}}
  • List of Torres Strait Islands

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Map of Bourke Isles, QLD|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|publisher=|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=11307&cmd=sp|date=|accessdate=26 April 2015}}
2. ^{{cite QPN|4080|Bourke Isles|accessdate=30 August 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tsirc.qld.gov.au/Iama|title=Iama (Yam Island)|work=|publisher=Torres Strait Island Region|date=2015|accessdate=26 April 2015}}
{{Torres Strait |state=autocollapse}}{{queensland-geo-stub}}

2 : Torres Strait Islands|Torres Strait Island Region

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