Van Diemen Gulf

/ væn ˈdiːmən /

noun

1. an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory

Example Sentences

Kakadu national park manager and zoologist Feach Moyle said the whale managed to navigate its way out of the maze of shallow channels back into Van Diemen Gulf over the weekend.

From The Guardian

The last of the trio managed to navigate its way through shallow channels at the broad river mouth and back into Van Diemen Gulf over the weekend, Kakadu National Park manager Feach Moyle said.

From Washington Times

At the same hour of the day, nine months after, the nag was raised on the shores of Chambers Bay, Van Diemen Gulf.

From Project Gutenberg

Stopped the horses to clear a way, whilst I advanced a few yards on to the beach, and was gratified and delighted to behold the water of the Indian Ocean in Van Diemen Gulf, before the party with the horses knew anything of its proximity.

From Project Gutenberg

This creek I named Charles Creek, after the eldest son of John Chambers, Esquire: it is one by which some large bodies of springs discharge their surplus water into Van Diemen Gulf; its banks are of soft mud, and boggy.

From Project Gutenberg