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Melville Island

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Melville Island, Australia, Canada 1. Australia (in the Timor Sea): the first European to sight the island was Abel Tasman^† in 1644. However, it was not named until 1818 when Captain Philip Parker King named it after Robert Saunders Dundas (1771–1851), 2nd Viscount Melville, first lord of the British Admiralty (1812–27).2. Canada (Northwest Territories, in the Arctic Ocean): discovered in 1819, it was named after the 2nd Viscount Melville.

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Melville Island

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Melville Island c.16,400 sq mi (42,500 sq km), Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, N of Victoria Island; largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands . Generally hilly (rising to c.1,500 ft/460 m), it has several ice-covered areas in the interior. There are musk oxen on the island. Sir William Parry , the British explorer, visited Melville Island in 1819, and its south coast was explored (1851) by Sir Francis McClintock.

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Melville Island

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Melville Island 2,240 sq mi (5,802 sq km), Northern Territory, N Australia, in the Timor Sea 16 mi (26 km) off the coast. It is 65 mi (105 km) long and 45 mi (72 km) wide and is separated from Bathurst Island by Apsley Strait. This aboriginal reservation consists largely of mangrove jungle with sandy soil.

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