Thursday Island, colloqually known as TI, or in the native
language, Waiben, is an island of the Torres Strait
Islands archipelago located
approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) north of Cape York Peninsula in the Torres
Strait, Queensland , Australia . Thursday
Island is the administrative and commercial centre of the Torres
Strait Island Region and has an area of about 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq
mi). The highest point on Thursday Island ,
standing at 104 metres (341 ft) above sea level, is Milman Hill, a World War II
defence facility. At the 2011 census, Thursday Island
had a population of 2,610.
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