托雷斯海峡，亦译托列斯海峡，位于澳大利亚与新几内亚的美拉尼西亚岛之间的水体，海峡最窄处约阔150公里。其南面是约克角半岛（澳大利亚昆士兰州的最北端），北面是巴布亚新几内亚。 托雷斯海峡之所以被认为是很危险的地带，不仅有刺猬一般的暗礁，还有住在这一带海岸的土著人。
他自称是丹麦人，但在托雷斯海峡，人家都管他叫德国人哈利。
He said that he was a Dane, but in the Torres Straits he was known as German Harry.
托雷斯海峡中，岛屿密布，到晚上我们便找个小岛在避风处抛锚。
The Torres Straits are peppered with islands and at night we anchored on the lee of one or other of them.
许多被安置在白人中的土著居民和托雷斯海峡岛民一直到年老才得知自己的身世。
Many Aboriginal and 24 Torres Strait Islander people who were placed with white families did not find out about their background until late in life.
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