Owen Stanley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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We were hiking the Kokoda Track, a 60-mile path across the otherwise impassable Owen Stanley mountain range that divides the north and south coasts of Papua New Guinea.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2010
His airmen were able to do a bang-up job, flying men and supplies over the Owen Stanley range to his troops on New Guinea.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Australians pushed on toward the gap at the top of the Owen Stanley Range.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the Owen Stanley* range still stood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rattlesnake, then about to start under the command of Captain Owen Stanley for surveying work in the Torres Straits.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)
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