Schouten Islands

American  

[skout-n] / ˈskaʊt n /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.

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Schouten Islands British  

/ ˈʃaʊtən /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Pacific, off the N coast of Papua New Guinea. Area: 3185 sq km (1230 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Early one morning five large canoes appeared in the offing—evidently having come from the Schouten Islands group, about ten miles to the eastward.

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