Melville Island
Melvill, Enez Melville
11°33′S 130°58′E
Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Terrain
11°33′S 130°58′E
Overview
Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia. Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands, it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority. It is roughly the same size as Prince Edward Island in Canada.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- Karslake Island43 km
- Irrititu Island43 km
- Buchanan Island45 km
- 47 km
- Bathurst Island61 km
- Harris Island63 km
Also in Tiwi Islands
Bathurst Island
1,645 km²▲ 81 m
Major islands
Unnamed island
18.7 km²▲ 20 m
Minor islands
Buchanan Island
1.3 km²▲ 20 m
Minor islands
Karslake Island
0.8 km²▲ 18 m
Minor islands
Seagull Island
0.42 km²▲ 4 m
Minor islands
Harris Island
0.19 km²▲ 20 m
Minor islands
Clift Island
—▲ 9 m
Minor islands
Irrititu Island
—▲ 4 m
Minor islands
Photographs
Tiwi Islands Car Ferry, 2011, seen from Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island across Apsley Strait to Melville Island
Tutini burial poles left after a Pukumani ceremony, Tiwi Island, NT
Dormitory building, probably girls', at the Garden Point Mission at Pirlangimpi on Melville Island, Northern Territory
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- 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 car ferry. Satrina Brandt / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tiwi island 2631. Tourism NT / Attribution
- Garden Point mission. Unknown authorUnknown author / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sketch of Fort Dundas, 1824. JS Roe / Public domain