Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Melville_Island,_Northern_Territory,_Australia
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:area 5786 km²
gptkbp:climate tropical monsoon
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:discoveredByEuropeans gptkb:Phillip_Parker_King_(1818)
gptkbp:distanceFromSydneyCBD 80 km north
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Milikapiti_Airport
gptkb:Pirlangimpi_Airport
gptkbp:hasCoastline 675 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Milikapiti
gptkb:Pirlangimpi
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Northern_Territory,_Australia
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Tiwi
English
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Robert_Dundas,_2nd_Viscount_Melville
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Tiwi_Islands
gptkbp:population ~1000 (as of 2016)
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Tiwi_Land_Council_jurisdiction
gptkbp:secondLargestIslandIn gptkb:Australia_(after_Tasmania)
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Bathurst_Island_by_Apsley_Strait
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:ACST_(UTC+9:30)
gptkbp:traditionalOwners gptkb:Tiwi_people
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maurice_Rioli
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6