Norfolk Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the South Pacific Ocean between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 square miles (34 square kilometers).

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Norfolk Island British  

noun

1. an island in the S Pacific, between New Caledonia and N New Zealand: an Australian external territory; discovered by Captain Cook in 1774; a penal settlement in early years. Capital: Kingston. Pop: 2182 (2012). Area: 36 sq km (14 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

But there was more news: The Ouvéa had arrived at Norfolk Island, a territory of Australia.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

And on Norfolk Island — a remote rock in the Pacific Ocean with about 2,000 residents and essentially no exports to the U.S. — a children’s book author memed a baffled-looking tropical wrasse fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has said that conditions on the remote territory of Norfolk Island have begun to deteriorate because of Cyclone Gabrielle.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023

"We might see the centre of the tropical cyclone pass directly over Norfolk Island."

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

It would be curious if we did not; there is little else to do, in Norfolk Island, except when we are working in the fields.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf