 the arnhem land region is one of the five regions of the northern territory of australia. it is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around  from the territory capital darwin. the region has an area of  which also covers the area of kakadu national park, and a population of 16,230. in 1623 dutch east india company captain william van colster sailed into the gulf of carpentaria and cape arnhem is named after his ship, the arnhem, which itself was named after the city of arnhem in the netherlands. ==history== arnhem land has been occupied by indigenous people for tens of thousands of years and is the location of the oldest-known stone axe, which scholars believe to be 35,500 years old. the gove peninsula was heavily involved in the defence of australia during world war ii. an 18th century chinese coin was found in the remote area of wessel islands off the coast on a beach on elcho island during an expedition. the coin was found near previously known macassan trepanger fishing sites where several other dutch coins have been discovered nearby but never a chinese coin.  ==geography== thumb|left|nanydjaka cape arnhem coast the area from  port roper on the gulf of carpentaria around the coast to the east alligator river, where it adjoins kakadu national park. the major centres are jabiru on the kakadu national park border, maningrida at the liverpool river mouth, and nhulunbuy (also known as gove) in the far north-east, on the gove peninsula. gove is the site of large-scale bauxite mining with an associated alumina refinery. its administrative centre is the town of nhulunbuy, the fourth-largest population centre in the northern territory. the climate of arnhem land is tropical monsoon with a wet and dry season. the temperature has little se
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