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Tiwi Islands
The Tiwi Islands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning 'two islands') are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island, Bathurst Island, and nine smaller uninhabited islands, with a combined area of 8,320 square kilometres (3,212 sq mi).
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The Tiwi Islands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning 'two islands') are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island, Bathurst Island, and nine smaller uninhabited islands, with a combined area of 8,320 square kilometres (3,212 sq mi). Inhabited before European settlement by the Tiwi (Tiwi: Tunuvivi), an Aboriginal Australian people, the islands' population was 2,348 at the 2021 census. National Geographic has characterised contemporary Tiwi Islands society as reflecting an enduring fusion between the indigenous Tiwi people's traditional beliefs and these later European settlers' Catholicism. The Tiwi Land Council is one of four land councils in the Northern Territory. It is a representative body with statutory authority under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and has responsibilities under the Native Title Act 1993 and the Pastoral Land Act 1992.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands7
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Melville Island
- Area
- 5,793 km²
- High point
- 86 m
Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Bathurst Island
- Area
- 1,645 km²
- High point
- 81 m
Bathurst Island (Iwaidja: Nguyu) (2,600 km2 or 1,000 sq mi, 11°35′S 130°18′E) is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island.
Minor islands
Unnamed island
- Area
- 18.7 km²
- High point
- 20 m
Buchanan Island
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 20 m
Karslake Island
- Area
- 0.8 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Seagull Island
- Area
- 0.42 km²
- High point
- 4 m
Harris Island
- Area
- 0.19 km²
- High point
- 20 m
Clift Island
- Area
- —
- High point
- 9 m
size unknown
Irrititu Island
- Area
- —
- High point
- 4 m
size unknown
Islets
- Nodlaw Island10 m · 0.03 km²
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Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Melville Island | 5,793 km² |
| Bathurst Island | 1,645 km² |
| Unnamed island | 18.7 km² |
| Buchanan Island | 1.3 km² |
| Karslake Island | 0.8 km² |
| Seagull Island | 0.42 km² |
| Harris Island | 0.19 km² |
| Nodlaw Island | 0.03 km² |
Photographs
提維群島上的主要城市
提維人的 Yiminga 決定了人們的潛在婚配對象範圍以及必須迴避的對象
U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. John Stuart / CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiwi Bombers line-up for historic clash against Rumbalara at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as curtain raiser to the Dreamtime at the 'G match.
Sources
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Photographs
- Aerial image of Wurrumiyanga and the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia. Tej Bhat / CC BY 4.0
- Folklore and Science Meet at Tiwi. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Pate / Public domain
- Tiwi Islands chinese. Stephen Bain / CC0
- Tiwi's skin groups Yiminga. Pomj123 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Australian Army LCM-8 in the Tiwi Islands in June 2022. U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. John Stuart / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tiwi bombers. Rulesfan at English Wikipedia / Public domain
- ISS052-E-53588 lrg (Northern Territory). Astronaut photograph ISS052-E-53588 was acquired on August 14, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 78 millimete / Public domain
- Tiwi Island Wikivoyage pagebanner. Kuyi123w / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tiwi Islands banner. Satrina Brandt, cropped by Jjtkk / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tiwi pukamani poles2. Laterthanyouthink / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tiwi Islands. Unknown author / Public domain