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SC2.10 Masig (Yorke) Island Maps Schedule 2: Mapping SC2.10 Masig (Yorke) Island maps Torres Strait Island Regional Council Planning Scheme Page 675 This page is intentionally left blank. Torres Strait Island Regional Council Planning Scheme Page 676 Zenadth Kes Planning Scheme: Planning Scheme for The Torres Strait Island Regional Council Area Saibai Island Ugar LEGEND Island KUKI EXISTING FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE Airstrip IBIS Store Barge Ramp Sacred Site Cemetery School Child Care Facility Sewerage Infrastructure Erub Church Island Sports Field Community Hall TSIRC Buildings Defence Patrol Depot Telecommunications Electricity Infrastructure Infrastructure Waste Facility ¸Å Fire Station MARUS Water Supply Infrastructure UMI Health Centre EBRINZAR BOUNDARIES AND FEATURES SAU Direction to the nearest Islands BANIUGUB WAK Road Coming of the Light AUPSIRIAM (monument) KOBIN LGA MUR Kuki (NW Winds - January to April) Japanese Burrial Ground Sager (SE Winds - May to December) PATTERN OF LAND USE IDID Lawrences Rd DOPE Township Environmental Management and Conservation Masig 2 Rd Steven Jeff Rd NATURAL ENVIRONMENT KUBUR Lowattas Rd Turtle Barge Ramp Rd Williams Rd FUTURE FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES MUKUNKUP Dans Rd Aous Rd Township Expansion JDL "Road Town Centre Core " Possible Location for Park and Community Charlies Rd Garden Airstrip Rd Masig" 1 Rd DURI Masig 5 Rd Data Sources: GUDAMADU Unless stated below all landuse, road, or natural feature data shown is from the Strategic Landuse Plan (SLUP) by the RPS Group 2010. Community Consultation 2013: Local Names, Places and identified facilities DARDAR Queensland Dept. Natural Resources and Environment: Imagery, KOD LGA Boundaries, Terrain data and Flooding layers KEKUR AECOM: all strategic framework, zoning and local area plan data is Masig 6 Rd modified from the SLUP and DNRM source data. Location Map Base Data: World Street Map @ ESRI Online. Sources:Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, USGS, Intermap, increment P Corp., NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China RISAU IGRINKERER (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Main Map Imagery: SAIKUNKEDER SAMAR Masig (Yorke) 10cm Imagery @SISP, 2011 (for area within Masig LGA) and Masig 1m Imagery (for the area outside Masig LGA) Disclaimer: SAM PEDIG AECOM does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information displayed in this map and any person using it does so at their own risk. AECOM shall bear no responsibility or ZURAUMOI APASAU liability for any errors, faults, defects, or omissions in the information. Where not part of the DCDB, internal lot boundaries have been derived based on visible occupation of land from 2011,2012 and 2013 orthorectified aerial imagery and CAD Detail Survey. They should not BAZIR INSET be considered spatially accurate (Derived Lot Boundary) MAIDABUNAB Williams Rd Projection:GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 Datum:GDA 1994 Approx. Scale @A3 1:10,000 PUM 0 50 100 200 ° Metres PAPUA NEW GUINEA Aous Rd Iama MERMER Island Masig (Yorke) Charlies Rd SAGER Mer ´ Poruma Island Island 0 100 200 Location Map Kilometres Strategic Framework Map Masig (Yorke) Island Updated: 12/08/2015 Zenadth Kes Planning Scheme: Planning Scheme for The Torres Strait Island Regional Council Area Saibai Island Ugar KUKI Island LEGEND BOUNDARIES AND FEATURES Erub Island ZONES MARUS UMI EBRINZAR SAU PRECINCTS BANIUGUB WAK Coming of the Light AUPSIRIAM (monument) KOBIN MUR Japanese Burrial Ground IDID Lawrences Rd DOPE Masig 2 Rd Steven Jeff Rd KUBUR Lowattas Rd Barge Ramp Rd Williams Rd MUKUNKUP Dans Rd Aous Rd JDL "Road " Charlies Rd Airstrip Rd Masig" 1 Rd DURI Masig 5 Rd GUDAMADU DARDAR KOD KEKUR Masig 6 Rd RISAU IGRINKERER Disclaimer: SAIKUNKEDER SAMAR AECOM does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information displayed in this map and any person using it does so at their own risk. AECOM shall bear no responsibility or liability for any errors, faults, defects, or omissions in the information. Where not part of the SAM PEDIG DCDB, internal lot boundaries have been derived based on visible occupation of land from ZURAUMOI APASAU 2011,2012 and 2013 orthorectified aerial imagery and CAD Detail Survey. They should not be considered spatially accurate (Derived Lot Boundary) BAZIR MAIDABUNAB Projection:GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 Datum:GDA 1994 Approx. Scale @A3 PUM ° PAPUA NEW GUINEA Iama MERMER Island Masig (Yorke) SAGER Mer ´ Poruma Island Island Location Map Updated: 12/08/2015 Zenadth Kes Planning Scheme: Planning Scheme for The Torres Strait Island Regional Council Area Saibai Island Ugar KUKI Island LEGEND BOUNDARIES AND FEATURES Direction to the nearest Islands Cadastral Boundaries Erub Road Island LGA Kuki (NW Winds - January to April) Sager (SE Winds - May to December) GOGOBITHIAY (LAND, SEA and SKY) MARUS High Environmental Value UMI Moderate Environmental Value EBRINZAR Low Environmental Value SAU BANIUGUB WAK Potential Rehabilitation Area AUPSIRIAM Rare Wading Bird Habitat (to be preserved) KOBIN MUR IDID Disturbed Lawrences Rd DOPE Vine Forest Important Masig 2 Rd Habitat Steven Jeff Rd KUBUR Lowattas Rd Linkage Scrub Barge Ramp Rd Williams Rd Data Sources: Unless stated below all landuse, road, or natural feature data shown MUKUNKUP Dans Rd is from the Strategic Landuse Plan (SLUP) by the RPS Group 2010. Aous Rd Community Consultation 2013: Local Names, Places and identified facilities Queensland Dept. Natural Resources and Environment: Imagery, JDL "Road LGA Boundaries, Terrain data and Flooding layers AECOM: all strategic framework, zoning and local area plan data is " modified from the SLUP and DNRM source data. Charlies Rd James Cook University: Coastal Hazard and Coastal Innundation where Masig" 1 Rd Airstrip Rd Scrub shown. Vine Erosion Prone Areas: @ State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Heritage Protection), 2014 DURI Forest Masig 5 Rd GUDAMADU Bushfire Prone Area: @ Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA), QLD Government, 2014 DARDAR Location Map Base Data: KOD World Street Map @ ESRI Online. Sources:Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, USGS, Intermap, increment P Corp., NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China KEKUR Masig 6 Rd (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap Vine contributors, and the GIS User Community Forest Main Map Imagery: Masig (Yorke) 10cm Imagery @SISP, 2011 (for area within Masig LGA) RISAU IGRINKERER and Masig 1m Imagery (for the area outside Masig LGA) Disclaimer: SAIKUNKEDER SAMAR AECOM does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information displayed in this map and any person using it does so at their own risk. AECOM shall bear no responsibility or liability for any errors, faults, defects, or omissions in the information. Where not part of the SAM PEDIG DCDB, internal lot boundaries have been derived based on visible occupation of land from ZURAUMOI 2011,2012 and 2013 orthorectified aerial imagery and CAD Detail Survey. They should not APASAU be considered spatially accurate (Derived Lot Boundary) BAZIR Projection:GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 Datum:GDA 1994 MAIDABUNAB Approx. Scale @A3 1:10,000 0 50 100 200 PUM ° Metres PAPUA NEW GUINEA Iama MERMER Island Masig (Yorke) SAGER Mer ´ Poruma Island Island 0 100 200 Location Map Kilometres Local Area Plan Map: Gogobithiay (land, sea and sky) - Masig (Yorke) Island Updated: 12/08/2015 Zenadth Kes Planning Scheme: Planning Scheme for The Torres Strait Island Regional Council Area Saibai Island Ugar KUKI Island LEGEND BOUNDARIES AND FEATURES Direction to the nearest Islands Cadastral Boundaries Erub Road Island LGA Kuki (NW Winds - January to April) Sager (SE Winds - May to December) NATURAL HAZARDS MARUS UMI Landslide Hazard EBRINZAR Bushfire Prone Areas Medium Hazard SAU BANIUGUB WAK AUPSIRIAM Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer KOBIN Potential Acid Sulphate Soils MUR Land Below 5m AHD Land Above 5m and below 20m AHD IDID Lawrences Rd DOPE Masig 2 Rd Steven Jeff Rd KUBUR Lowattas Rd Barge Ramp Rd Williams Rd MUKUNKUP Dans Rd Aous Rd Data Sources: Unless stated below all landuse, road, or natural feature data shown is from the Strategic Landuse Plan (SLUP) by the RPS Group 2010. JDL "Road Community Consultation 2013: Local Names, Places and identified facilities " Queensland Dept. Natural Resources and Environment: Imagery, Charlies Rd LGA Boundaries, Terrain data and Flooding layers AECOM: all strategic framework, zoning and local area plan data is Airstrip Rd modified from the SLUP and DNRM source data. James Cook University: Coastal Hazard and Coastal Innundation where DURI Masig 5 Rd shown. GUDAMADU Erosion Prone Areas: @ State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Heritage Protection), 2014 DARDAR Bushfire Prone Area: @ Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA), QLD KOD Government, 2014 KEKUR Location Map Base Data: Masig 6 Rd World Street Map @ ESRI Online. Sources:Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, USGS, Intermap, increment P Corp., NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap RISAU IGRINKERER contributors, and the GIS User Community Main Map Imagery: Masig (Yorke) 10cm Imagery @SISP, 2011 (for area within Masig LGA) SAIKUNKEDER SAMAR and Masig 1m Imagery (for the area outside Masig LGA) Disclaimer: AECOM does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information displayed in this map SAM PEDIG and any person using it does so at their own risk. AECOM shall bear no responsibility or ZURAUMOI APASAU liability for any errors, faults, defects,
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