2007-02-10 07:36:03 · 3 answers · asked by isle_b_bak 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
New Guinea is the second largest island in the world. Only Greenland is bigger.
The distance from the Australia mainland and the island of New Guinea is about 90 miles. Not very far. The Torres Strait separates these places.
However, there are numerous islands belonging to Australia within the Torres Strait and even next to New Guinea. I would say that some of the islands come within a few miles of New Guinea.
Australia has a weird shape. The Cape York Peninsula juts up (northward) quite a distance. It nearly reaches New Guinea.
New Guinea is an island. The western half is part of Indonesia (what a huge collection of islands. The eastern half belongs to Papua New Guinea, an entirely separate country.
2007-02-10 10:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance between Port Moesby (Papua New Guinea) and Darwin (Australia) is listed as 1127 miles or 1815 Km...
2007-02-10 07:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torres Strait between the Australian and PNG mainlands is a little over 100km wide but most of the islands in the strait belong to Australia. From the most northern Australian land to Papua New Guinean land is less than 10km.
2007-02-10 07:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋