Cape York, the northern tip of Australia, is about 150km from the nearest part of Papua New Guinea.
The nearest point on the Australian mainland to Papua New Guinea is Cape York, which is the tip of Cape York Peninsula, in far northern Queensland.
Papua New Guinea shares the island of New Guinea with West Papua, a province of Indonesia. Therefore, Indonesia is the closest country to Papua New Guinea.
Torres Strait lies between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
It depends on where you are departing from; the shortest flight to New Guinea is from Cairns, Australia, which is 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The three seas which border both New Guinea and Australia are the Arafura Sea, Coral Sea and Timor Sea.The body of water between the northern tip of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
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The straight-line distance from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to Cairns, Australia is 520.4 miles. A nonstop flight would take 55 minutes.
Arafura sea
about 2 744 kilometres
The body of water between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
the Indian ocean
This strait is Torres Strait.
There is no ocean between Australia and Papua New Guinea.The sea which separates Australia and Papua New Guinea is the Coral Sea.The strait which separates the northern tip of Australia and the coast of Papua New Guinea at its closest point is Torres Strait.
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