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Dampier (Name of several places)

the name of several places in Australasia: (1) Dampier Archiislands off the N. W. coast of Australia, islands off the N. W. coast of Australia, in 21° S. lat.., and 117° E. lon., divided by the Mermaid Strait in two groups; in the E. is Rosemary, the largest island. (2) Dampier Island, off the N. E. coast of New Guinea, with a volcano about 5,250 feet high. (3) Dampier's Land, a peninsula of Western Australia, fertile and well watered, lying between King Sound and the Indian Ocean. (4) Dampier Strait, between New Guinea and the archipelago of New Britain, forming, with Goshen Strait to the S. E.,. shortest route from eastern Australia to with Goshen Strait to the S. E., the China by some 300 miles. (5) Dampier Strait, separating the island of Waygiou from the N. W. extremity of New Guinea, the safest and easiest passage giou from the N. W. extremity of New between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.