Moa Island (Queensland)
Banks Island | |
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A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing Moa in the northern central waters of Torres Strait | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Banks Channel, Northern Australia |
| Coordinates | 10°10′59″S 142°16′01″E / 10.183°S 142.267°E |
| Archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
| Adjacent to | Torres Strait |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Queensland |
| Local government area | Torres Strait Island Region |
| Demographics | |
| Ethnic groups | Torres Strait Islanders |
Moa Island | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Moa Island | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 170.2 km2 (65.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 432 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.538/km2 (6.574/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4875 | ||||||||||||
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Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. This island is the largest within the "Near Western" group. It has two towns, Kubin on the south-west coast and St Pauls on the east coast, which are connected by bitumen and a gravel road. In the 2021 census, Moa Island had a population of 432 people.