Masig (Yorke Island)
Situated at the top end of the Great Barrier Reef and northeast of the tip of Cape York Peninsula, just under 160 kilometres northeast of Thursday Island and 840 kilometres north-northwest of Cairns on the eastern side of the Torres Strait Islands Region's Central Islands, Yorke Island (Kalaw Lagaw Ya: Masig) is a small, flat, low-lying coral cay around 2.7 kilometres long and 800 metres at its widest point. The Melanesian Masigalgal people of the Kulkulgal nation are recognised as the island's traditional owners.
Masig and nearby Kodall Island comprise the Yorke Islands, which lie northeast of Poruma (Coconut Island} in the Central Islands, southwest of Ugar (Stephens Island) and Erub (Darnley Island), northwest of Mer (Murray Island) in the Eastern Island group and north of the Bourke Isles. Nearby sea passages include the Moon Passage and Great North East Channel to the northwest and the Cumberland Passage and Hibernia Passage to the southeast.
Although the island's ground level is generally less than 3 metres above sea level, over half the island is covered with vegetation with dense growth towards its eastern and western sides.
Missing links:
Masigalgal people
Kulkulgal nation
Kodall Island
Yorke Islands
Moon Passage
Great North East Channel
Cumberland Passage
Hibernia Passage
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