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Torres Strait

strait, Pacific Ocean
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Islanders fight to keep hope and culture alive as Torres Strait rises • Dec. 14, 2024, 9:09 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))

Torres Strait, passage between the Coral Sea, on the east, and the Arafura Sea, in the western Pacific Ocean. To the north lies New Guinea and to the south Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia). It is about 80 mi (130 km) wide and has many reefs and shoals dangerous to navigation, and its larger islands are inhabited. Discovered (1606) by the Spanish mariner Luis Vaez de Torres, its existence was kept secret until 1764. The second European to sail the strait (1774) was Capt. James Cook. The Australia–Papua New Guinea boundary is about 3 mi from the New Guinea shore.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.