Gulf of Carpentaria
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The Gulf of Carpentaria is a sea off the northern coast of Australia. It is enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea, which separates Australia
The Gulf of Carpentaria between Bentinck Island and the Australian continent
Loading ore from McArthur River zinc mine at Bing Bong Loading Facility, 2011
Karumba Beach, Karumba, Queensland
Melbidir II anchored off Karumba near the mouth of the Norman River
Northern Territory
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The Northern Territory is an Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west, South
Gulf of Carpentaria
…defined as a line from Slade Point, Queensland (the northwestern corner of Cape York Peninsula) in the northeast, to Cape Arnhem on the Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory (the easternmost point of Arnhem Land), in the west. At its mouth, the Gulf is 590 km (370 mi) wide, and further south, 675 km (420 mi). The north–south…
Thomas Baines with Aboriginal Australians near the mouth of the Victoria River.
The Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863
The northern coast of Australia is on the left, with Melville Island in the lower right.
Mount Sonder, the fourth-highest mountain in the Northern Territory after nearby Mount Zeil, in West MacDonnell National Park