Bathurst Island

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).

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.

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Children on Bathurst Island watch a documentary on rheumatic heart disease called Take Heart as part of an education campaign.

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The annual Tiwi Islands AFL grand final on Bathurst Island, about 80km north of Darwin, attracts thousands of Islanders.

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Indigenous community on Bathurst Island in the Tiwi Islands, where children are prone to preventable rheumatic heart disease and open-heart surgery.

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dr Bo Remenyi, a paediatric cardiologist based in Darwin, Australia, frequently bumps into her former rheumatic heart disease patients while visiting Bathurst Island.

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