Booby Island, a level rock in Torres Strait, in 10° 36' S. lat., and 141° 53' E. long., 3 feet above high water, and mile in diameter. Being dangerous to navigators, and destitute of resources of its own, it is pretty regularly supplied with provisions and water by passing vessels, for the benefit of shipwrecked sailors.
Booby Island
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 300
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