Bathurst Island

American  

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).

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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.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2022

Coal, sandstone, clay ironstone, and brown hematite, were found along a line stretching E.N.E. from Baring Island, through the south of Melville Island, Byam Martin's Island, and the whole of Bathurst Island.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

After rounding the cape they kept a course down the western side of Bathurst Island.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

A fort, therefore, was constructed so as to command the whole anchorage, and when finished it was possible to fire a shot from it on to Bathurst Island.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

The day following we coasted the North-West side of Bathurst Island; and at sunset anchored off a point from which a reef projects for a considerable distance into the sea.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker