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Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands, it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority.
Melville Island [1] (French: île Melville [citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq [citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island.
The island group consists of two large inhabited islands (Melville and Bathurst), and nine smaller uninhabited islands (Buchanan, Harris, Seagull, Karslake, Irritutu, Clift, Turiturina, Matingalia and Nodlaw). [7] Bathurst Island is the fifth-largest island of Australia and accessible by sea and air. [8]
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Of the more than 36,000 islands, only 11 are populated. Baffin Island, the largest, also has the largest population of 13,309. [2] ... ^map 14 Melville, ...
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, 2007 Greenly Island; a distant view taken from the sea (circa 1903) (State Library of South Australia PRG 280/1/1/120) Chinamans Hat Island as viewed from the nearby coastline View of Pearson Island from its south end circa 1914 (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263)
Melville Island may refer to: Melville Island (Australia), in the Northern Territory; Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), in northern Canada; Melville Island (Nova Scotia), a small island in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada; Melville Island, a small island in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Map; YSNK. Location in the Northern Territory. ... ICAO: YSNK) is located at Milikapiti, Northern Territory on the northern coast of Melville Island, Australia. History