Talk:Gulf of Carpentaria

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Etymology

Isn't the gulf named for the carpentaria palm? 195.187.108.4 (talk) 12:36, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Boundary

Slade Point, Queensland (suburb of Mackay), cited as the eastern end of the Gulf's northern boundary, is nowhere near the northwestern corner of the Cape York Peninsula. 75.161.203.216 (talk) 20:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-history

It worth mentioning that there is oral history from the local aboriginal peoples from when this was a plain with good hunting before it was flooded at the end of the last ice age (when sea levels were 120m below current levels). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.255.53.34 (talk) 06:13, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Gulf of Carpentaria

Etymology

Northern Boundary

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