Carpentaria

American  

[kahr-puhn-tair-ee-a] / ˌkɑr pənˈtɛər i æ /

noun

1. Gulf of, a gulf on the coast of N Australia. About 480 miles (775 km) long; about 300 miles (485 km) wide.

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Carpentaria British  

/ ˌkɑːpənˈtɛərɪə /

noun

1. a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula

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Carpentaria

The species grows only in rugged terrain near the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

The cyclone crossed on to Australia’s mainland late Monday near the remote town of Borroloola on the southwestern side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, where it had been lashing island communities for several days.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

This effect is especially strong in the Gulf of Carpentaria; its low tides can drop by an average of 40 centimeters because of its location relative to the equator and the shape of Australia’s coastline.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022

In 2015, about 10% of Australia's vast mangrove forests in the Gulf of Carpentaria mysteriously died.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022

On February 11, 1861, he reached a point only a few miles from the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and thus accomplished his 496mission of entirely crossing the Australian Continent from south to north.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von