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What is the strait between the city of Darwin and Melville Island?
The strait between Darwin and Melville Island is Clarence Strait, with a width of about 80km.
Straight between Darwin and melville island?
It's the Clarence Strait
Name the two island in Darwin?
The two islands off the Australian coast at Darwin are Bathurst Island to the west and Melville Island to the east.
Melville and what other island lie together in Van Diemen Gulf in northern Australia?
Melville and Bathurst Islands make up what is now known as the Tiwi Islands, 80 km north of Darwin. They are separated from the mainland by Van Diemen Gulf, Beagle Gulf, Clarence Strait and Dundas Strait.
What are the two straits in Australia?
There are more than two straits in/around Australia. Torres Strait separates the northern tip of Queensland from Papua New Guinea. Bass Strait lies between the mainland of Australia and Tasmania. Clarence Strait in the Northern Territory separates Melville Island from the mainland of Australia. Endeavour Strait lies between the Australian mainland and Prince of Wales Island, which is in the far southern end of Torres Strait. Investigator Strait is the passage of water between South Australia's Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
Does Australia have a strait?
Yes. Australia has several straits, two of which are particularly well known.The strait north of Australia off Cape York Peninsula (Australia's northernmost point) is Torres Strait. It is around 150 km wide, and separates Cape York Peninsula from Papua New Guinea.In the South, separating Australia's island state of Tasmania from the mainland is Bass Strait, named after its discoverer, George Bass, who circumnavigated Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) with Matthew Flinders in 1798.Other Australian straits are:Endeavour Strait, which lies between Australia and Prince of Wales Island, in the southern part of Torres StraitInvestigator Strait, which lies between Yorke Peninsula on the South Australian mainland and Kangaroo IslandCoarence Strait, located between Melville Island and the mainland of Northern TerritoryDundas Strait, which is between the eastern side of Melville Island and the Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory
What is the strait called between the South Island and Stewart Island?
The strait between Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) and Rakiura (Stewart Island) is called Te Ara A Kiwa (Foveaux Strait).
Name of a strait you can find on a world map?
Cook Strait, between North Island and South Island, New Zealand. Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. Strait of Bonifacio, between Sicily and Sardinia.
Is Melville Island in the northern southern eastern coast of Australia?
Melville Island (which is no longer referred to by this name) lies off the northern coast of Australia, not far from Darwin. It is now referred to collectively, with nearby islands, as part of the Tiwi Islands.
What is the Strait between north island and and south island of New Zealand?
Cook Strait (Raukawa Moana).
Which Strait is between the island of New Guinea and Queensland?
Torres Strait lies between Queensland and New Guinea.
What is the name of Australia's largest island other than Tasmania?
Australia's largest island is the island state of Tasmania.The next largest is Melville Island north of Darwin (the other extreme of the country), and now part of the Tiwi Islands.
