Schouten Islands

[ skout-n ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.

Schouten Islands

/ ˈʃaʊtən /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Pacific, off the N coast of Papua New Guinea. Area: 3185 sq km (1230 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Early one morning five large canoes appeared in the offing—evidently having come from the Schouten Islands group, about ten miles to the eastward.

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