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ST MATTHIAS MANUS GROUP
MANUS I
BIS MARCK ARCH IPEL AGO WEST SEPIK Wewak EAST SSEPIKEPIK
River Sepik MADANG NEW GUINEA
ENGA W.H. Mt Hagen
M
Goroka a INDONESIA S.H. rk ha E.H. m R Lae WEST MOROBEMOR UA NEW PAP BRITAIN WESTERN F ly Ri ver GULF NORTHERNOR N Gulf of Papua
Daru Port Torres Strait Moresby
CENTRAL
AUSTRALIA CORAL SEA
Map 1: The provinces of Papua New Guinea vii
0 300 kilometres 0 150 miles
NEW IRELAND
PACIFIC OCEAN
NEW IRELAND
Rabaul
BOUGAINVILLE I
EAST Arawa NEW BRITAIN Panguna
SOLOMON SEA SOLOMON ISLANDS
D ’EN N TR E C A S T E A U X MILNE BAY
I S
LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO
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W ALLAC E'S LINE
SUNDALAND
WALLACEA
SAHULLAND
0 500 km
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Map 2: The prehistoric continent of Sahul consisted of the continent of Australia and the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania. ix
141 o E 142°E 143°E 144°E 144°15'E
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Parama I. 9°S Daru I. 9°S Bramble Cay
Missionary Reef Boigu I. Anchor Cay
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f Dauan I. e East Cay Saibai I. e Deliverance I. R Stephens I.
r Darnley I. Kerr (Kiss) Islet o ri ar W Yorke I. Turu Cay Mabuiag I. Yam I. Murray Islands 10°S Coconut I. 10°S Badu I. Moa I.
TORRES Kubin St Pauls Warraber (Sue) I. STRAIT
OUTER ISLANDS V
INNER Hammond I. Thursday I. CORAL SEA ISLANDS Horn I. N Prince of Authority area Wales I. New Seisia includes: Mapoon CAPE ISLANDER Seisia Injinoo COMMUNITIES Bamaga Umagico Bamaga 11°S 11°S GULF OF 144°E CAPE YORK CARPENTARIA PNG PENINSULA LOCATION 0 100
kilometres AUSTRALIA 142°E 142°E 143°E
AUSTRALIA Torres Strait Regional Authority Area Seabed jurisdiction line
Note: The TSRA area only extends to Australian territorial waters around islands and cays north of the seabed jurisdiction line: 0 1000 International waters north of this line belong to PNG. kilometres Underlining refers to Australian populated islands.
Map 3: The seabed jurisdiction line between Australia and Papua New Guinea.