Melville Island
Americannoun
noun
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a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean, north of Victoria Island: in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Area: 41 865 sq km (16 164 sq miles)
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an island in the Arafura Sea, off the N central coast of Australia, separated from the mainland by Clarence Strait. Area: 6216 sq km (2400 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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An MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft carrying 23 Marines crashed then caught fire on Melville Island, just off the northern coast of Australia, on Sunday morning local time.
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023
"Additional police and defence personnel have been deployed to Melville Island to support operations, triage injured people and return them to Darwin and also maintain the crash scene while investigations continue."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
The aircraft, an MV-22B Osprey, crashed on Melville Island while transporting troops about 9:30 a.m. local time with 23 personnel on board, the Marine Rotational Force said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
Earlier failed experiments to realize this vision -- at Port Essington and Melville Island -- are now of interest only to historians.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 22, 2011
Sir Edward Parry, who had brought us minerals and seeds of plants from Melville Island, invited us to see the ships prepared for his third voyage, and three years' residence in the Arctic seas.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
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