[1] They lie between the Australian mainland and the island of New Guinea and a few kilometres west of Saibai Island, Torres Strait, only 4 km from the Papua New Guinea mainland at the mouth of the Mai Kussa River.

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 recognised part of New Guinea in the 1978 Torres Strait Treaty,[2] but delineated as part of Australia on older maps.

[4] Strachan Island 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.

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