page_title: Yam Island
hierarchical_section_title: Yam Island
caption_attribution_description: English: Yam Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
context_page_description: Yam Island, called Yama or Iama in the Kulkalgau Ya language or Turtle-backed Island in English, is an island of the Bourke Isles group of the Torres Strait Islands, located in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia. The island is situated approximately 100 kilometres northeast of Thursday Island and measures about 2 square kilometres. The island is also the locality of Iama Island within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. In the 2016 census, Iama Island had a population of 319 people.
  Its indigenous language is Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of the Western-Central Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
context_section_description: Yam Island, called Yama or Iama in the Kulkalgau Ya language or Turtle-backed Island in English, is an island of the Bourke Isles group of the Torres Strait Islands, located in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia. The island is situated approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Thursday Island and measures about 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi). The island is also the locality of Iama Island within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. In the 2016 census, Iama Island had a population of 319 people.
  Its indigenous language is Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of the Western-Central Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
caption: Landsat image of Yam Island
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