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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.
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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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 .
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)
Map showing the layout of Van Diemen Gulf with ... Dundas Strait is a sea passage in the Northern Territory of Australia located between Melville Island and the ...
It is partially enclosed by Melville Island and the Cobourg Peninsula, and measures about 140 kilometres (90 mi) by 80 kilometres (50 mi). [5] Rivers draining into the Gulf include the South Alligator River, the East Alligator River, the Mary River, Wildman River and the Adelaide River. The Kakadu National Park adjoins its south-east coast. [6]
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