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Melville Island

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Melville Island
1. An island of northern Australia in the Timor Sea.
2. An island of northern Canada, in the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Victoria Island. It was discovered by the British explorer Sir William Parry in 1819.
Melville Island [ˈmɛlvɪl]
n
1. (Placename) a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean, north of Victoria Island: in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Area: 41 865 sq. km (16 164 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) an island in the Arafura Sea, off the N central coast of Australia, separated from the mainland by Clarence Strait. Area: 6216 sq. km (2400 sq. miles)


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"It is very much," replied Barbicane; "the temperature which was observed in the polar regions, at Melville Island and Fort Reliance, that is 76@ Fahrenheit below zero.
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