Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)
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Prince of Wales Island (Template:Langx) is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada. This uninhabited island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, it lies between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and is south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
For administrative purposes, it is divided between Qikiqtaaluk and Kitikmeot regions. There are no permanent settlements on the island.
Geography
It is a low tundra-covered island with an irregular coastline deeply indented by Ommanney Bay in the west and Browne Bay in the east. Ommanney Bay is named after Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney of the Royal Navy who explored the area as part of the search for Franklin's lost expedition.
Its area has been estimated at Template:Cvt. Prince of Wales Island is the world's 40th largest island and the 10th largest in Canada. Its highest known point—with an elevation of Template:Cvt—is an unnamed spot at Template:Nowrap in the island's far northeastern end,<ref>Peakbagger</ref> overlooking the Baring Channel, which separates the island from nearby Russell Island.
History
Its European discovery came in 1851 by Leopold McClintock's sledge parties during the searches for John Franklin's last expedition.<ref name="Osborn1852">Template:Cite book</ref> McClintock, along with Sherard Osborn and William Browne, charted the northern half of the island. Its southern half was charted by Allen Young in 1859.<ref name="Savours">Template:Cite book</ref> It was named after Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, then ten years old and Prince of Wales. He later became King Edward VII.
In popular culture
The CBC series North of North is set in the fictional town of Ice Cove, which is situated on Prince of Wales Island.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See also
References
Further reading
- Blackadar, Robert Gordon; Precambrian Geology of Boothia Peninsula, Somerset Island, and Prince of Wales Island, District of Franklin, Ottawa, ON: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1967
- Christie, Robert Loring; Stratigraphic Sections of Palaeozoic Rocks on Prince of Wales and Somerset Island, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories, Ottawa, ON: Queen's Printer, 1967
- Dyke, Arthur S.; Quaternary Geology of Prince of Wales Island, Arctic Canada, Ottawa, ON: Geological Survey of Canada, 1992, Template:ISBN
- Mayr, Ulrich; Geology of eastern Prince of Wales Island and adjacent smaller islands, Nunavut (parts of NTS 68D, Baring Channel and 68A, Fisher Lake), Ottawa, ON: Geological Survey of Canada, 2004, Template:ISBN
External links
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- Prince of Wales Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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