Talbot Islands are a group of

Torres Strait Islands The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land ...

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, Australia. They lie between the Australian mainland and the island of

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

and a few kilometres west of

Saibai Island, Torres Strait Saibai Island, often shortened to just Saibai ( mwp, Saybay), is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia. The island is situated north of the Australian mainland and south of the ...

, only 4 km from the Papua New Guinea mainland at the mouth of the

Mai Kussa River Mai, or MAI, may refer to: Names * Mai (Chinese surname) * Mai (Vietnamese surname) * Mai (name) * Mai (singer), J-Pop singer * Iris Mai (born 1962), German chess master Places * Chiang Mai, largest city in northern Thailand * Ma-i, a pre-Hispa ...

. The Talbot Islands contain five named and about six smaller islands: *

Boigu Island Boigu Island (also known as Malu Kiyay or Malu Kiwai) is the most northerly inhabited island of Queensland and of Australia. It is part of the Top Western group of the Torres Strait Islands, which lie in the Torres Strait separating Cape York Pe ...

* Moimi Island * Aubussi Island * Moegina Kawa * Aymermud Only Boigu Island is inhabited. The town of Boigu is the northernmost settlement of Australia. Moimi Island, the northernmost island, is only four kilometres away from Kussa Island, which has been recognized part of

in the 1978 Torres Strait Treaty, but delineated as part of Australia on older maps. Kussa Island and tiny nearby Athian Maza and Yaperi (Vapere) islands, also at the mouth of the Mai Kussa River, are geographically part of the island group, as are the

Kawai Islands is a musical instrument manufacturing company headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is best known for its grand pianos, upright pianos, digital pianos, electronic keyboards and electronic synthesizers. The company was founded in Aug ...

(Kawa Island, Karobailo Kawa Island, Adabadana Kawa Island and Mata Kawa Island) nine kilometres further west/west-northwest close to the mouth of

Wassi Kussa River The Wassi Kussa River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. Wassi Kussa Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also * List of rivers of Papua New Guinea *Upper Wassi Kussa languages Namb ...

, which have also been part of Papua New Guinea since the treaty of 1978.

Strachan Island Strachan is a surname of Scottish origin (''see Clan Strachan, Strachan Baronets''), which is pronounced or . Notable people with the surname include: *Allerdyce Strachan, Bahamian police officer *Andy Strachan (born 1974), drummer *Anthonique St ...

is a large river island between the Wassi Kussa River and Mai Kussa River and borders the Torres Strait with its southern shore, but is not part of the Talbot or Torres Strait Islands. It is inhabited. The Talbot Islands, along with Saibai and Dauan, are known as the Top Western islands of the

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