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

After rounding it a course was steered down the western side of Bathurst Island.

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With the first grey of the morning we left Bathurst Island, on our return to the southward.

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He had searched the west coast of Bathurst Island, which tended a little westerly of north until in latitude 76° 155′ N.

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