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Bramble Cay, also called Maizab Kaur, Massaramcoer or Baramaki, and located at the northeastern edge of the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland and at the same time at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef, is the northernmost point of land of Australia. It is also southeast of the mouth of the Fly River of Papua New Guinea, at the southeastern tip of Kiwai Island. ==Features== The sand cay is predominately grassland, with covered in grasses.〔http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf〕 After several shipwrecks, the first lighthouse, a pyramidal steel tower, was finally erected in 1924. It was demolished in 1954 and replaced by the present lighthouse, a stainless steel tower, was equipped with solar power on 6 January 1987. There are maintenance visits by AMSA vessels every three to six months. The island is a breeding place of Green Turtles. The sea is rich with algae. As a result, algae loving species of fish such as unicornfish, wrasse and trumpetfish are found in the waters around.〔http://australia.greatestdivesites.com/torres_strait/bramble_cay〕 About to the southwest are the Black Rocks, also called ''Rebes'', which rise one metre above the water.〔http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub127/127sec09.pdf〕 Three kilometres northeast maps show submerged Nautilus Reef,〔 the existence of which is doubtful. Bramble Cay and the reefs and rocks close by are separated from other reefs and islets further south by Bligh Channel (Bligh Entrance). To the north and northwest, the Great North East Channel separates them from the coast of Papua New Guinea (Parama Island), which is to the north. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bramble Cay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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