Bathurst Island

American  

noun

1. an island off the coast of N Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago: present south of the North Magnetic Pole nearby. 7,609 sq. mi. (19,707 sq. km).

2. an island in the Northern Territory, Australia, in the Timor Sea. 1,000 sq. mi. (2,590 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

If the project is given full approval, Santos wants to construct an undersea gas pipeline alongside Bathurst Island, the western-most island in the Tiwi archipelago.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2022

With the first grey of the morning we left Bathurst Island, on our return to the southward.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

To the northernmost point of Bathurst Island Captain Bremer gave the name of Cape Brace.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

But it was not carefully investigated at all, and thus Baudin totally missed Bathurst Island and Melville Island, which together stretch for over one hundred miles across the entrance to Van Diemen's Gulf.

From Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Scott, Ernest

The question was, whether this was the mainland of Australia or an island, possibly Bathurst Island, north of Port Darwin.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert