Geelvink Bay

[ Dutch kheyl-vingk ]

noun

1. former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.

Example Sentences

General Nijusan Adachi, with headquarters at Madang; the Second, spread from Geelvink Bay to Vogelkop's beak at Sorong.

From Time Magazine Archive

Towards the western end of the Dutch possession there is on the northern coast a deep and wide indentation known as Geelvink Bay, which in its north-west corner includes a very much smaller indentation known as Doreh Bay.

From Project Gutenberg

In some parts of Geelvink Bay, however, the bodies of the dead are treated differently.

From Project Gutenberg

Scattered about in the waters of the great Geelvink Bay are many islands of various sizes, such as Biak or Wiak, Jappen or Jobi, Run or Ron, Noomfor, and many more.

From Project Gutenberg

It is in regard to the natives who inhabit the coasts or islands of Geelvink Bay that our information is perhaps least imperfect, and it is accordingly with them that I shall begin.

From Project Gutenberg