Complex sentence: The Torres Strait Islands lie north of Tropical North Queensland's Cape York Peninsula and comprise 274 small islands (17 inhabited), located in the strait that separates Australia's Northern Queensland from Papua New Guinea.
Split into simpler sentences: The Torres Strait Islands lie north of Tropical North Queensland's Cape York Peninsula. Comprised of 274 small islands (17 inhabited), the Torres Strait Islands are located in the waterway that separates Australia from the island nation of Papua New Guinea.