Carpentaria

American  

[kahr-puhn-tair-ee-a] / ˌkɑr pənˈtɛər i æ /

noun

1. Gulf of, a gulf on the coast of N Australia. About 480 miles (775 km) long; about 300 miles (485 km) wide.

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Carpentaria British  

/ ˌkɑːpənˈtɛərɪə /

noun

1. a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula

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Example Sentences

The cyclone crossed on to Australia’s mainland late Monday near the remote town of Borroloola on the southwestern side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, where it had been lashing island communities for several days.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024

“It’s very much part of my consciousness and my thinking,” she said of Carpentaria.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

This effect is especially strong in the Gulf of Carpentaria; its low tides can drop by an average of 40 centimeters because of its location relative to the equator and the shape of Australia’s coastline.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

In 2015, about 10% of Australia's vast mangrove forests in the Gulf of Carpentaria mysteriously died.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

Between the tropics and Carpentaria a considerable portion is rangy, but is well watered and richly grassed.'

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von