Yam Island (Queensland)
Yam Island (also Yama, Iama or Turtle-backed Island) is an island of the Bourke Isles, 100 km northeast of Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait.
This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands. Its indigenous language is Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of the Western-Central Torres Strait Language (see Kala Lagaw Ya).
The population of Yam was 338 in 2001. The area measures about two square kilometers.
Read more about Yam Island (Queensland): History, Pre-History
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