What is Melville Island (Australia)?
{{Infobox islands | name = Melville | image_map = {{Location map|Australia Northern Territory|caption=|float=center|lat=-11.55|long=130.933333|width=175}} | map_caption = Location of Melville Island | native_name = ''Yermalner'' | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Timor Sea]] | coordinates = {{coord|11|33|S|130|56|E|scale:1250000|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = [[Tiwi Islands]] | total_islands = | major_islands = Melville, Irrititu | area_km2 = 5786 | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Australia | country_admin_divisions_title = Territory | country_admin_divisions = [[Northern Territory]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city = [[Milikapiti, Northern Territory|Milikapiti]] | country_largest_city_population = 559 | population = about 1030 | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = Tiwi | additional_info = }} '''Melville Island''' is an [[island]] in the eastern [[Timor Sea]]. It is part of the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]. It is located off the coast of [[Arnhem Land]] and north of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]]. The island is called '''Yermalner''' in the native [[Tiwi language]]. Melville is about {{convert|5786|km2|sqmi}} in size. It is the second-largest island in Australia, after [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/landforms/islands.jsp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221061317/http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/landforms/islands.jsp|archivedate=21 February 2010|title=Islands|author=Geoscience Australia|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref> The name Melville is for [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]], first lord of the [[Admiralty]]. The much larger [[Melville Island (Northwest Territories and N