The island belongs to the Cinque Islands of Rutland Archipelago and is located southeast of Rutland Island . The passage between North Cinque and Rutland is called Manners Strait . North Cinque Island and South Cinque Island , to the south , are sometimes considered to be a single '' ' Cinque Island ' '' . North Cinque consists of three rocky Peninsulas connected by sand bars . The northern peninsula is the largest one , 2.9 km long in the N-S direction and 1.1 km wide ; it has two adjacent hills about 154 m and 145 m high . The middle ( southernmost ) peninsula , 1.05 km across , lies 270 m to the south and has a bare hill 89 m high . About 150 m to its west lies the third and smallest peninsula , an oval knob about 450 m across . The sand bar between the south and north peninsulas was broken through in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami but has since reformed
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
North Cinque Island