Stephens Island (Torres Strait)
| Native name: Ugar | |
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A Landsat image of Stephens Island
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A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing Ugar in the northeastern waters of Torres Strait
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| Etymology | Philip Stephens |
| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Australia |
| Coordinates | 9°30′25″S 143°32′42″E / 9.507°S 143.545°ECoordinates: 9°30′25″S 143°32′42″E / 9.507°S 143.545°E |
| Archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
| Adjacent bodies of water | Torres Strait |
| Administration | |
| State | Queensland |
| Local government area | Torres Strait Island Region |
| Demographics | |
| Ethnic groups | Ugarem Le |
Stephens Island, called Ugar in the native language, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the eastern section of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. The island is administratively managed by the local government area of the Torres Strait Island Region.
The island is located near the Great Barrier Reef and north of Coconut Island (also called Poruma) and northwest of Murray Island and west of Darnley Island.
The people of Stephens Island call themselves Ugarem Le, and are the same people as the neighbouring Erubam Le of Erub (Darnley Island), the Meriam Le and Nog Le of Mer (Murray), the Dauarab Le of Dauar and the people of Waier. The traditional language of these islands is Meriam Mìr, of which there were formerly two dialects, Erub-Ugar and Mer-Dauar-Waier.
The island's European name was bestowed by Captain William Bligh in 1792 during his second breadfruit voyage to the Pacific, after Philip Stephens, First Secretary to the Admiralty.
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