Wellesley Islands — [ welzli aɪləndz], Inselgruppe im Süden des Carpentariagolfs, Queensland, Australien, 1 500 km2; die größten Inseln sind Mornington Island (648 km2) und Bentinck Island (153 km2) … Universal-Lexikon
Wellesley Islands — For the island by the same name see, Wellesley Island. The Wellesley Islands are a group of islands off the coast of north Queensland, Australia, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. They were named by Matthew Flinders in honour of Richard Wellesley, 1st… … Wikipedia
Wellesley Islands — ▪ islands, Queensland, Australia group of islands lying off the northwestern coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Sighted in 1644 by the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman (Tasman, Abel Janszoon), they were charted (1802–03) … Universalium
Wellesley Islands — /wɛlzli ˈaɪləndz/ (say welzlee uyluhndz) plural noun a group of islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the north coast of Qld, the largest being Mornington Island. {named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 after the 2nd Earl of Mornington, later 1st… …
Wellesley-Inseln — Gewässer Golf von Carpentaria, Arafurasee Geographische Lage … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wellesley Island — in Jefferson County, New York, USA is partially in the Town of Orleans and partially in the Town of Alexandria. Geography The island is located coord|44|19|N|76|00|W| in the St. Lawrence River, which surrounds Wellesley Island on three sides. The … Wikipedia
Wellesley Island State Park — is located on Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York at 44° 19 North, 76° 00 West. The park is divided into sections that are on different parts of the island. It has the largest camping… … Wikipedia
Manowar and Rocky Islands Important Bird Area — The islands are an important breeding site for Lesser Frigatebirds The Manowar and Rocky Islands Important Bird Area comprise two small islands in the Wellesley Islands group, lying in the south east of the Gulf of Carpentaria and part of the… … Wikipedia
List of islands of Australia — Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. The largest islands are, Tasmania 68,332 km²; Melville Island 5,786 km²; Kangaroo Island, 4,416 km²; Groote Eylandt, 2,285 km²; Bathurst Island, 1,693km²; Fraser Island 1,653km²; Flinders… … Wikipedia
Thousand Islands — The Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the U.S. Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about mi to km|50 downstream from Kingston,… … Wikipedia
