Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area, Indigenous Protected Area on Deliverance Island, Torres Strait, Australia
Located 34 kilometers south of Papua New Guinea, Warul Kawa encompasses a sand cay with shallow reef platforms and sandy patches.
The protected area received official designation in February 2001, integrating traditional Indigenous land management into Australia's National Reserve System.
The name Warul Kawa translates to Island of Turtles in the Torres Strait Island language, reflecting its role as a major turtle breeding ground.
The reserve lies 200 kilometers north of Thursday Island and 74 kilometers from the Indonesian border, maintaining two recorded exotic plant species.
A Danish mariner known as German Harry lived as a hermit on this island from 1888 to 1928, inspiring a character in Somerset Maugham's Cosmopolitans.
Location: Queensland
Inception: 2001
Part of: Torres Strait Islands
GPS coordinates: -9.51700,141.57200
Latest update: March 7, 2025 04:04
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