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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Bathurst Island

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

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 Ernest Favenc

The south side of Bathurst Island has no sinuosities.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Phillip Parker King

The question was, whether this was the mainland of Australia or an island, possibly Bathurst Island, north of Port Darwin.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Herbert Strang

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 Ida Lee