Mackenzie King Island
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Mackenzie King Island is one of the uninhabited Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided when it comes to administration. Most of the island is in Northwest Territories, while its easternmost portion lies in Nunavut. The border runs along the 110th meridian west.
Mackenzie King has an area of Template:Convert, Template:Convert long in northeast or Template:Convert in southeast and Template:Convert wide, making it the 116th largest island in the world, and Canada's 26th largest island.
History
The first known visit to the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and it was later named for William Lyon Mackenzie King.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
Further reading
- Vilks, G. Foraminiferal Study of East Bay, Mackenzie King Island, District of Franklin (Polar Continental Shelf Project). [Ottawa]: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1964.
External links
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