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{{Short description|Northernmost group of islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago}}
{{distinguish|Elizabeth Islands}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
[[File:Map indicating the Queen Elizabeth (or Parry) Islands, northern Canada.png|thumb|300px|Queen Elizabeth Islands, northern Canada.<br />{{legend|#ffff66|Nunavut}}{{legend|#ffccff|Northwest Territories}}{{legend|#d5fe94|Quebec}}{{legend|#ffffcc|Greenland}}]]
The '''Queen Elizabeth Islands''' ({{langx|fr|Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth}}) are the northernmost cluster of islands in Canada's [[Arctic Archipelago]], split between [[Nunavut]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] in [[Northern Canada]]. The Queen Elizabeth Islands contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and [[ice cap]] area (excluding the inland and shelf [[ice sheet]]s of [[Greenland]] and [[Antarctica]]).<ref name="EAS2011">{{cite journal|last1=Sharp|first1=Martin|last2=Burgess|first2=David O.|last3=Cogley|first3=J. Graham|last4=Ecclestone|first4=Miles|last5=Labine|first5=Claude|last6=Wolken|first6=Gabriel J.|date=9 June 2011|title=Extreme melt on Canada's Arctic ice caps in the 21st century|url=http://arctic.eas.ualberta.ca/downloads/GRL2011_CAA%20Warming.pdf|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=38|issue=11|pages=n/a|bibcode=2011GeoRL..3811501S|doi=10.1029/2011GL047381|access-date=20 February 2014|doi-access=free}}</ref> The southern islands are called the '''Parry Islands''' or '''Parry Archipelago'''.{{NoteTag|A name formerly used for the entire Queen Elizabeth Islands}}

==Geography==
The islands, together {{convert|419061|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="taoc"/> in area, were renamed as a group after [[Elizabeth II]] on her coronation as [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]] in 1953. The islands cover an area approximately the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the [[Nares Strait]] on the east, [[Parry Channel]] on the south and the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the north and west. Most are uninhabited although the [[Natural Resources Canada]]'s Climate Change Geoscience Program Earth Sciences Sector (ESS), has monitors on the islands.<ref name=Fekete2014/> In 1969 [[Panarctic Oils]], now part of [[Suncor Energy]], began operating exploration [[Petroleum|oil]] wells in the Franklinian and [[High Arctic Large Igneous Province#Sverdrup Basin|Sverdrup basins]] and planned on establishing its resource base in the Queen Elizabeth Islands. It ceased production in the 1970s. At the 2013 GeoConvention the Arctic Islands region were called Canada's perpetual "last [[Petroleum exploration in the Arctic|petroleum exploration]] frontier". Hogg and Enachescu argued that the development and implementation of advanced marine and land seismic technologies in Alaska, Northern Europe and Siberia could be modified for use in the Queen Elizabeth Islands.<ref>{{cite conference|title=Reviving Exploration in the Arctic Islands: Opportunities and Challenges from an Operator's Perspective |first1=John R. |last1=Hogg|first2=Michael E |last2=Enachescu|location=Calgary, Alberta|year=2013|conference=GeoConvention 2013: Integration }}<!--|access-date= 22 February 2014--></ref>

Queen Elizabeth Islands had not been fully charted until the British [[Northwest Passage]] expeditions and later Norwegian exploration of the 19th century.

These islands were known as the ''Parry Archipelago'' for over 130 years. They were first named after British [[Arctic]] explorer Sir [[William Edward Parry|William Parry]], who sailed there in 1820, aboard the ''[[HMS Hecla (1815)|Hecla]]''. Since the renaming of the archipelago in 1953, the term ''Parry Islands'' continued to be used for its southwestern part (less [[Ellesmere Island]] and the [[Sverdrup Islands]]). The regional break down of the archipelago is therefore as follows:
*Ellesmere Island
*Sverdrup Islands
*Parry Islands

Ellesmere Island is the northernmost and by far the largest. The Sverdrup Islands are located west of Ellesmere Island and north of [[Norwegian Bay]]. The remaining islands further south and west, but north of the [[Parry Channel]]  ([[Lancaster Sound]], [[Viscount Melville Sound]] and [[M'Clure Strait]]), have been carrying the name Parry Islands, which name until 1953 had also included the Sverdrup Islands and Ellesmere Island. South of the Parry Channel are the remaining islands of the [[Arctic Archipelago]].

The islands lay on top of and were formed by the movement of the [[Queen Elizabeth Islands Subplate]].

===Major islands===
Many of the islands are among the [[list of islands by area|largest in the world]], the largest being [[Ellesmere Island]]. Other major islands include [[Amund Ringnes Island]], [[Axel Heiberg Island]], [[Bathurst Island (Nunavut)|Bathurst Island]], [[Borden Island]], [[Cornwall Island (Nunavut)|Cornwall Island]], [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]], [[Devon Island]], [[Eglinton Island]], [[Ellef Ringnes Island]], [[Mackenzie King Island]], [[Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)|Melville Island]], and [[Prince Patrick Island]].<ref name="taoc">{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html |title=Sea islands |work=[[Atlas of Canada]] |access-date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122002132/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html |archive-date=January 22, 2013 }}</ref>

===Smaller islands===
Other smaller but notable islands include; [[Beechey Island]] ({{coord|74|43|N|091|51|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:30000|name=Beechey Island}}), which held the graves of [[Petty officer|Petty Officer]] [[John Torrington]], Royal Marine Private [[William Braine]], and [[Able seaman (rank)|Able Seaman]] [[John Hartnell]], three members of Sir [[John Franklin]]'s crew who took part in his [[Franklin's lost expedition|lost expedition]],<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1853/01/20/75123977.pdf Researches for Sir John Franklin]</ref><ref>[http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/specialfeatures/franklinexpedition/time.asp Franklin timeline] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408090136/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/specialfeatures/franklinexpedition/time.asp |date=April 8, 2012 }}</ref> [[Hans Island]] ({{coord|80|49|41|N|066|27|35|W|region:CA_type:isle|name=Hans Island}}), a small, uninhabited barren knoll measuring {{convert|1.3|km2|abbr=on}} whose ownership was disputed by Canada and Denmark until 14 June 2022, when both countries agreed to split the disputed island roughly in half.,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/40409/news/nunavut/40409_08.html |title=Greenland, Canada squabbling over pet rock |access-date=2009-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605143228/http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/40409/news/nunavut/40409_08.html |archive-date=2008-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Cheyne Islands]] ({{coord|76|18|22|N|097|31|12|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:30000|name=Cheyne Islands}}), three small ({{convert|0.73|km2|abbr=on}} together) islands that are [[Important Bird Area]] (#NU049) and a [[Key Habitat Site|Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site]] (NU site 5)<ref>[http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU049 Cheyne Islands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319152937/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU049 |date=March 19, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Skraeling Island]] ({{coord|78|54|42|N|075|37|58|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:40000|name=Skraeling Island}}) an important archaeological site where [[Inuit]] (along with their ancestors the [[Dorset culture|Dorset]] and [[Thule people|Thule]]) and [[Norsemen|Norse]] artifacts have been found.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut000531/nvt20512_13.html |title=Vikings: the Arctic's first European visitors |access-date=2009-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121152945/http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut000531/nvt20512_13.html |archive-date=2006-11-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They consist of [[Silurian]] and [[Carboniferous]] rocks covered with [[Canadian Arctic tundra|tundra]].

===Population===
With a population of less than 400, the islands are nearly uninhabited. There are only three permanently inhabited places in the islands. The two [[municipality|municipalities]] are the [[hamlet (place)#Canada|hamlets]] of [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]] (population 198 as of the [[2016 Canadian Census|2016 census]]<ref name="census2016YRB">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204022&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&Data=Count&SearchText=Resolute&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6204022&TABID=11|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - Resolute|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>), on Cornwallis Island, and [[Grise Fiord]] (population 129 as of the 2016 census<ref name="census2016YGZ">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204025&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&Data=Count&SearchText=Grise%20Fiord&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6204025&TABID=11 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - Grise Fiord|publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>), on Ellesmere Island. [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]] is a [[weather station]] staffed by [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]], a [[Global Atmosphere Watch]] (GAW) [[atmosphere]] monitoring laboratory on Ellesmere Island, and has several temporary inhabitants due to the co-located [[CFS Alert]]. [[Eureka, Nunavut|Eureka]], a small research base on Ellesmere Island, has a population of zero but at least eight staff on a continuous rotational basis.

{{legend2|#F9F9F9|Abandoned|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#99FF99|Permanent Settlement|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#ffff66|Seasonally Occupied|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable"|Image !! Type !! Island !! Population !! Established !!|Coordinates !!|Notes
|-style="background:#9f9;"
| [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]] || [[File:NOAA - Alert, Nunavut, Canada.jpg|140px]] ||[[Weather station]], [[Canadian Forces base]] ([[CFS Alert]]), airport ([[Alert Airport]])  || Ellesmere || 5 || 1950<ref group="Note">The weather station was established in 1950 and the military station was established in 1958</ref> ||
{{coord|82|30|N|62|20|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Alert}}
|
* [[List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements|Northernmost permanent settlement]] in the world
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Alexandra Fiord]] ||  || [[Research station]] || Ellesmere || 0 || 1953 ||
{{coord|78|54|N|75|59|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Alexandra Fiord}}
|
* Used as a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] detachment from 1953 to 1963. At the time, it was the northernmost police station in the world.

|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Camp Hazen]] ||  || Warden station || Ellesmere || 0 || 1957 ||
{{coord|81|49|N|62|19|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Camp Hazen}}
|
* Used as a research station from 1957 to 1958 for [[Operation Hazen]]
* Owned by [[Parks Canada]] and currently used as an access point to [[Quttinirpaaq National Park]]

|-
| [[Cape Columbia|Cape Columbia Depot]] || &nbsp; ||North Pole expedition depot || Ellesmere || 0 || 1909  ||
{{coord|83|06|41|N|69|57|13|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Cape Columbia Depot}}
|
* location for [[Robert Peary]]'s northernmost depot of his final attempt to reach the North Pole

|-
| [[Cape Sheridan]] || &nbsp; ||North Pole expedition wintering site|| Ellesmere || 0 || 1908  ||
{{coord|82|28|N|61|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Cape Sheridan}}
|
* location for [[Robert Peary]]'s wintering site of his final attempt to reach the North Pole
* 13.5 km ESE of Alert

|-
| [[Craig Harbour]] || [[File:Craig_Harbour_1926.jpg|140px]] || [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) detachment || Ellesmere || 0 || 1922  ||
{{coord|76|12|N|81|01|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Craig Harbour}}
|
* Established in 1922 to protect [[Canadian sovereignty]] of the island<ref>{{cite web|title=Grise Fiord Community History|url=http://qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=19&communityId=13|website=The Qikiqtani Truth Commission|access-date=27 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106170646/http://www.qtcommission.com/actions/GetPage.php?pageId=19&communityId=13|archive-date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

|-
| [[Dundas Harbour]] || [[File:Johnson_Bay_Settlement_Dundas_Harbour_Qikiqtaaluk_Nunuvut_Canada.jpg|140px]] || Outpost, RCMP detachment || Devon || 0 ||1924  ||
{{coord|74|31|N|82|23|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Dundas Harbour}}
|
* Established in 1924 to create a government presence to curb foreign whaling and other activity in the area<ref>{{cite web|title=Dundas Harbour - August 17th, 2013|url=http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/ocean-atmosphere-sea-ice-and-snowpack-interactions/journals/2013-09-09|website=Polar Trec|access-date=27 April 2015|archive-date=2016-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107200830/https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/ocean-atmosphere-sea-ice-and-snowpack-interactions/journals/2013-09-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Eureka, Nunavut|Eureka]] || [[File:Downtown Eureka, Nunavut -e.jpg|140px]] || [[Weather station]], [[research station]], [[Aerodrome#Canada|aerodrome]] ([[Eureka Aerodrome]]) || Ellesmere || 0 || 1947 ||
{{coord|79|59|N|82|23|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Dundas Harbour}}
|
* Founded in 1947 as part of a requirement to set up a network of Arctic weather stations
* May have up to eight people on a rotating basis
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station]] || [[File:FMARS 2009 hab.jpg|140px]] || [[Research station]] || Devon || 0 || 1999 ||
{{coord|75|25|N|89|49|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station}}
|
* The structures were built in 2000
|-
| [[Fort Conger]] || [[File:Fort Conger, Grinnell Land, May 20, 1883.jpg|140px]] || [[Research station]] || Ellesmere || 0 || 1883 ||
{{coord|81|43|N|64|43|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Fort Conger}}
|
* Established in 1881 but abandoned several decades later
|-style="background:#9f9;"  
| [[Grise Fiord]] || [[File:Downtown Grise Fiord.jpg|140px]] || Hamlet, airport ([[Grise Fiord Airport]]) || Ellesmere || 129 || 1953 || {{coord|76|25|N|82|53|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Grise Fiord}}
|
* Northernmost civilian settlement in Canada
* Created as part of the [[High Arctic relocation]]
|-
| [[Isachsen]] || [[File:Isachsen-1974-bw-1b.jpg|140px]] || [[Weather station]], [[research station]] || Ellef Ringnes || 0 || 1948 || {{coord|78|46|N|103|29|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Isachsen}}
|
* An [[Automated airport weather station|Automated Surface Observing System]] was placed at the site in 1989, linked by satellite communications to southern Canada
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[McGill Arctic Research Station]] ||  || Research station || Axel Heiberg || 0 || 1959 || {{coord|79|20|N|91|58|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=McGill Arctic Research Station}}
|
* Owned by [[McGill University]]
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Prince Patrick Island|Mould Bay]] || [[File:Mould_Bay_Weather_Station.jpg|140px]] || [[Weather station]] || Prince Patrick || 0 || 1948 || {{coord|76|14|N|119|19|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Mould Bay}}
|
* Former [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] weather station
* Still occasionally visited by members of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]
|-style="background:#9f9;"
| [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]] || [[File:Resolute Bay 1 1997-08-02.jpg|140px]] || Hamlet, airport ([[Resolute Bay Airport]]) || Cornwallis || 229 || 1947 ||
{{coord|74|41|N|94|49|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Resolute}}
|
* Created as part of the [[High Arctic relocation]]
* Most populous settlement in the Queen Elizabeth Islands
* Second northernmost public community in Canada, only behind [[Grise Fiord]]
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Tanquary Fiord Airport|Tanquary Fiord]] || [[File:Tanquary_Fiord_15_1997-08-05.jpg|140px]] || Warden station || Ellesmere || 0 || ?? ||
{{coord|81|25|N|76|52|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Tanquary Fiord}}
| 
* Tanquary Fiord Airport nearby
* Owned by [[Parks Canada]]
|-
|-style="background:#ff6;"
| [[Ward Hunt Island]] || [[File:Ward_Hunt_Island%2C_Ice_Shelf_01.jpg|140px]] || Warden station || Ward Hunt Island || 0 || 1960s? ||
{{coord|83|06|N|74|10|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Ward Hunt Island}}
| 
* Ward Hunt Island Airport nearby
* Owned by [[Parks Canada]]
|-
|}

Formerly staffed stations were Mould Bay on Prince Patrick Island, Isachsen on Ellef Ringnes Island, and Fort Conger on Ellesmere Island.

Abandoned settlements are Dundas Harbour on Devon Island and Craig Harbour on Ellesmere Island.

== Administration ==
Until 1999, the Queen Elizabeth Islands were part of the [[Baffin Region, Northwest Territories|Baffin Region]] of the Northwest Territories.

With the creation of Nunavut in 1999 all islands and fractions of islands of the archipelago east of the [[110th meridian west]] became part of the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of the new territory, which was the major portion of the archipelago. The rest remained with the now-reduced Northwest Territories. Borden Island, Mackenzie King Island and Melville Island were divided between the two territories.

Prince Patrick Island, Eglinton Island and Emerald Island are the only notable islands that are now completely part of the Northwest Territories.

Below the level of the territory, there is the municipal level of administration. On that level, there are only two municipalities, [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]] and [[Grise Fiord]], with an aggregate area of {{convert|450|km2|abbr=on}} (0.11 percent of the area of the Queen Elizabeth Islands), but with most of the population of the archipelago (327 in 2021). The remaining 99.89 percent are [[unincorporated area]], with a census 2021 population of zero, albeit a fluctuating population centred in [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]] and Eureka, Nunavut.

== Overview of the islands ==
According to the [[Atlas of Canada]] there are [[List of islands in the Queen Elizabeth Islands|34 larger and 2,092 smaller islands]] in the archipelago.<ref name="taoc"/> With the exception of Ellesmere Island, they fall into two groups, the [[Sverdrup Islands]] and the Parry Islands:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
!Island|| sub-<br />group || Territory || Peak || Height<br />m || class="unsortable" | Height<br />ft || Area<br />km<sup>2</sup> || class="unsortable" | Area<br />sq&nbsp;mi || class="unsortable" | Rank<br />Canada || class="unsortable" | Rank<br />World || Coordinates
|-
| [[Alexander Island (Nunavut)|Alexander]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/alexander.php |title=Alexander Island |access-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/alexander.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|02}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] || average elevation
|align="right" {{convert|60|-
|180|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|484|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 66|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;|| {{coord|75|52|N|102|37|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Alexander Island}}
|-
| [[Amund Ringnes Island|Amund Ringnes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/amund-ringnes.php |title=Amund Ringnes Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=May 28, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/amund-ringnes.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || {{hs|27}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] || ridge
|align="right" {{convert|265|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|5255|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 25|| style="text-align:right;"| 111|| {{coord|77|53|N|095|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:1000000|name=Amund Ringnes Island}}
|-
| [[Axel Heiberg Island|Axel Heiberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/axel-heiberg.php |title=Axel Heiberg Island |access-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/axel-heiberg.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|28}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] || [[Outlook Peak]]
|align="right" {{convert|2210|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|43178|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 7|| style="text-align:right;"| 32|| {{coord|79|26|N|090|46|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:3000000|name=Axel Heiberg Island}}
|-
| [[Baillie-Hamilton Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/baillie-hamilton.php |title=Baillie-Hamilton Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=May 6, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/baillie-hamilton.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>|| {{hs|03}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] || &nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|200|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|290|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 91|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|75|53|N|094|35|W|type:isle_scale:300000_region:CA-NU|name=Baillie-Hamilton Island}}
|-
| [[Bathurst Island (Nunavut)|Bathurst]]<ref>[http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=11865 Bathurst Island] at Bivouac.com</ref> || {{hs|04}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] || [[Stokes Mountain]]
|align="right" {{convert|412|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|16042|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 13|| style="text-align:right;"| 54|| {{coord|75|46|N|099|47|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:1500000|name=Bathurst Island}}
|-
| [[Borden Island|Borden]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/borden.php |title=Borden Island |access-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/borden.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|05}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]]/[[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|150|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|2794|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 30|| style="text-align:right;"| 170|| {{coord|78|33|N|111|10|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Borden Island}}
|-
| [[Brock Island|Brock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/brock.php |title=Brock Island |access-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/brock.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|06}}Parry || [[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|67|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|764|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 58|| style="text-align:right;"| 383|| {{coord|77|51|N|114|27|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:500000|name=Brock Island}}
|-
| [[Buckingham Island]]<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=77.2000000018&long=-91.0000000006&mapxy=99248.6210695+3081007.33148&scale=5000000&feature_na=Buckingham+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0c754211849c20c30ffd806c930cbe5f&searchstring=Buckingham%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c754211849c20c30ffd806c930cbe5f%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+99015.3653654+3081755.13002+END+TEXT+%22Buckingham%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom46%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+99015.3653654+3081755.13002+END+TEXT+%22Buckingham%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Darrowzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+99015.3653654+3081755.13002+END+END Buckingham Island] at the [[Atlas of Canada]] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>|| {{hs|07}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||Mount Windsor
|align="right" {{convert|150|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|137|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 137|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|77|12|N|091|00|W|type:isle_scale:100000_region:CA-NU|name=Buckingham Island}}
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| [[Byam Martin Island|Byam Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/byam-martin.php |title=Byam Martin Island |access-date=2009-03-14 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/byam-martin.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|08}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|153|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|1150|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 42|| style="text-align:right;"| 294|| {{coord|75|12|N|104|17|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Byam Martin Island}}
|-
| [[Cameron Island|Cameron]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cameron.php |title=Cameron Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cameron.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|09}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] || Mount Wilmot || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
| align="right" {{convert|1059|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 46|| style="text-align:right;"| 312|| {{coord|77|48|N|101|51|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Cameron Island}}
|-
| [[Coburg Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/coburg.php |title=Coburg Island |access-date=2009-08-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223175414/http://oceandots.com/arctic/canada/coburg.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref>|| {{hs|10}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] || &nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|800|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|411|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 83|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|75|57|N|079|18|W|type:isle_scale:200000_region:CA-NU|name=Coburg Island}}
|-
| [[Cornwall Island (Nunavut)|Cornwall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cornwall.php |title=Cornwall Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cornwall.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|29}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] || McLeod Peak
|align="right" {{convert|400|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|2358|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 31|| style="text-align:right;"| 184|| {{coord|77|37|N|094|52|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:500000|name=Cornwall Island}}
|-
| [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cornwallis.php |title=Cornwallis Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/cornwallis.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|11}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|343|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|6995|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 21|| style="text-align:right;"| 96|| {{coord|75|05|N|095|00|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:1000000|name=Cornwallis Island}}
|-
| [[Devon Island|Devon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/devon.php |title=Devon Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=June 26, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/devon.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || {{hs|12}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] || [[Devon Ice Cap]]
|align="right" {{convert|1920|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|55247|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 6|| style="text-align:right;"| 27|| {{coord|75|08|N|087|51|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:2000000|name=Devon Island}}
|-
| [[Eglinton Island|Eglinton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/eglinton.php |title=Eglinton Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/eglinton.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|13}}Parry || [[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|200|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|1541|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 36|| style="text-align:right;"| 249|| {{coord|75|46|N|118|27|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:500000|name=Eglinton Island}}
|-
| [[Ellef Ringnes Island|Ellef Ringnes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/ellef-ringnes.php |title=Ellef Ringnes Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/ellef-ringnes.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|30}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] || Isachsen Dome
|align="right" {{convert|260|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|11295|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 16|| style="text-align:right;"| 69|| {{coord|78|37|N|101|56|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:2000000|name=Ellef Ringnes Island}}
|-
| [[Ellesmere Island|Ellesmere]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/ellesmere.php |title=Ellesmere Island |access-date=2009-01-15 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/ellesmere.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|01}} || [[Nunavut|NU]] || [[Barbeau Peak]]
|align="right" {{convert|2616|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|196236|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 3|| style="text-align:right;"| 10|| {{coord|80|10|N|079|05|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:4000000|name=Ellesmere Island}}
|-
| [[Emerald Isle (Northwest Territories)|Emerald Isle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/emerald-isle.php |title=Emerald Isle |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/emerald-isle.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|14}}Parry || [[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|150|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|549|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 63|| style="text-align:right;"| 466|| {{coord|76|48|N|114|07|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:200000|name=Emerald Isle}}
|-
| [[Graham Island (Nunavut)|Graham]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/graham.php |title=Graham Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=April 10, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/graham.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || {{hs|31}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|175|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|1378|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 38|| style="text-align:right;"| 265|| {{coord|77|26|N|090|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:500000|name=Graham Island}}
|-
| [[Griffith Island (Nunavut)|Griffith Island]]<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=74.5833000026&long=-95.4999999996&mapxy=-15635.102075+2787267.7351&scale=5000000&feature_na=Griffith+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0cf9035b849c20c3312c1b776762657c&searchstring=Griffith%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0cf9035b849c20c3312c1b776762657c%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-14667.9938946+2788264.77822+END+TEXT+%22Griffith%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom46%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-14667.9938946+2788264.77822+END+TEXT+%22Griffith%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Darrowzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-14667.9938946+2788264.77822+END+END Griffith Island] at the Atlas of Canada {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>|| {{hs|15}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp; || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|189|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 110 || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|74|35|N|095|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:100000|name=Griffith Island}}
|-
| [[Helena Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/helena.php |title=Helena Island |access-date=2009-08-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/helena.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref>|| {{hs|16}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||average in southern hills
|align="right" {{convert|220|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|327|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 85 || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|76|40|N|101|00|W|type:isle_scale:200000_region:CA-NU|name=Helena Island}}
|-
| [[Hoved Island]]<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=77.5333000007&long=-85.1500000004&mapxy=236942.848305+3132579.58829&scale=5000000&feature_na=Hoved+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0c7317fd849c20c3eb0c9d5120b52575&searchstring=Hoved%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c7317fd849c20c3eb0c9d5120b52575%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+237260.523695+3134338.07087+END+TEXT+%22Hoved%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+237260.523695+3134338.07087+END+TEXT+%22Hoved%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+237260.523695+3134338.07087+END+END Hoved Island] at the Atlas of Canada  {{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>|| {{hs|17}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp; || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|158|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 125 || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|77|32|N|085|09|W|type:isle_scale:100000_region:CA-NU|name=Hoved Island}}
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| {{sort|Ile Vanier|}}[[Île Vanier]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/vanier.php |title=Île Vanier |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/vanier.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|18}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|200|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|1126|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 44|| style="text-align:right;"| 298|| {{coord|76|10|N|103|15|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Île Vanier}}
|-
| [[King Christian Island|King Christian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/king-christian.php |title=King Christian Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/king-christian.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || {{hs|32}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] || King Christian Mountain
|align="right" {{convert|165|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|645|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 60|| style="text-align:right;"| 420|| {{coord|77|45|N|102|00|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:200000|name=King Christian Island}}
|-
| [[Little Cornwallis Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/little-cornwallis.php |title=Little Cornwallis Island |access-date=2009-08-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/little-cornwallis.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref>|| {{hs|19}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp; || style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp; || &nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|412|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 75|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|75|30|N|096|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:200000|name=Little Cornwallis Island}}
|-
| [[Lougheed Island|Lougheed]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/lougheed.php |title=Lougheed Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/lougheed.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|20}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|60|-|110|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|1308|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 41|| style="text-align:right;"| 273|| {{coord|77|24|N|105|15|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:500000|name=Lougheed Island}}
|-
| [[Lowther Island]]<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=74.5500000005&long=-97.5000000009&mapxy=-74085.399991+2785681.64631&scale=5000000&feature_na=Lowther+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0cf9acba849c20c39a56f6c7af667335&searchstring=Lowther%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0cf9acba849c20c39a56f6c7af667335%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-73466.1628188+2785978.29039+END+TEXT+%22Lowther%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dtextzoom46%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-73466.1628188+2785978.29039+END+TEXT+%22Lowther%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom0outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom1outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Dpolygonresultzoom2outline%5B%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Darrowzoom03%5B%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-73466.1628188+2785978.29039+END+END Lowther Island] at the Atlas of Canada {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>|| {{hs|21}}Parry|| [[Nunavut|NU]] ||raised beach
|align="right" {{convert|106.5|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|145|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 133|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|74|33|N|097|30|W|type:isle_scale:100000_region:CA-NU|name=Lowther Island}}
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| [[Mackenzie King Island|Mackenzie King]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/mackenzie-king.php |title=Mackenzie King Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/mackenzie-king.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|22}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]]/[[Northwest Territories|NT]] || Castel Butte
|align="right" {{convert|300|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|5048|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 26|| style="text-align:right;"| 115|| {{coord|77|43|N|111|57|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:1000000|name=Mackenzie King Island}}
|-
| [[Massey Island|Massey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/massey.php |title=Massey Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/massey.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|23}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|210|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|432|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 71|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;|| {{coord|75|59|N|102|58|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Massey Island}}
|-
| [[Meighen Island|Meighen]]<ref>[http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/meighen.htm#meighen Meighen Island] at arctic.uoguelph.ca</ref> || {{hs|33}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|260|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|955|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 50|| style="text-align:right;"| 337|| {{coord|79|59|N|099|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:300000|name=Meighen Island}}
|-
| [[Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)|Melville]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/melville.php |title=Melville Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/melville.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|24}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]]/[[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|776|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|42149|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 8|| style="text-align:right;"| 33|| {{coord|75|30|N|111|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:2000000|name=Melville Island}}
|-
| [[North Kent Island|North Kent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/north-kent.php |title=North Kent Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/north-kent.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }} at oceandots.com</ref> || {{hs|25}}Parry || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|600|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|590|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 62|| style="text-align:right;"| 453|| {{coord|76|40|N|090|15|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:1000000|name=North Kent Island}}
|-
| [[Prince Patrick Island|Prince Patrick]]<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=654 Prince Patrick Island] at peakbagger.com</ref> || {{hs|26}}Parry || [[Northwest Territories|NT]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|279|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|15848|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;"| 14|| style="text-align:right;"| 55|| {{coord|76|45|N|119|30|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:5000000|name=Prince Patrick Island}}
|-
| [[Stor Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/stor.php |title=Stor Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=April 13, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/stor.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>|| {{hs|34}}Sverdrup || [[Nunavut|NU]] ||&nbsp;
|align="right" {{convert|500|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|align="right" {{convert|313|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 87|| style="text-align:right;"| &nbsp;||{{coord|78|59|N|085|50|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:150000|name=Stor Island}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| remaining 2,092 islands<ref name="taoc"/> || || [[Nunavut|NU]]/[[Northwest Territories|NT]] || || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|
| align="right" {{convert|2321|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| || style="text-align:right;"| ... || style="text-align:right;"| ...
|- style="background:#ddd;" class="sortbottom"
| Queen Elizabeth<ref name="taoc"/> || &nbsp; || [[Nunavut|NU]]/[[Northwest Territories|NT]] || [[Barbeau Peak]]
| align="right" {{convert|2616|m|disp=table|sortable=on}}
| align="right" {{convert|419061|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| style="text-align:right;"| ... || style="text-align:right;"| ... || {{Coord|78|05|N|095|10|W|region:CA_type:isle_scale:5000000|display=inline,title|name=Queen Elizabeth Islands}}
|}

== Glaciers and ice caps ==

In 2000 it was estimated that the Queen Elizabeth Islands were covered by about {{convert|104000|km2|abbr=on}} glaciers that represent c.14% of all glaciers and ice caps in the world.<ref name=EAS2011/> According to a 2011 report, the [[Glacier mass balance|surface mass balance]] of four, the [[Devon Ice Cap]] measured {{convert|1699|km2|abbr=on}} (northwest sector only); the Meighen Ice Cap measured {{convert|75|km2|abbr=on}}; the Melville South Ice Cap measured {{convert|52|km2|abbr=on}} and the White Glacier, [[Axel Heiberg Island]] glacier was {{convert|39|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=EAS2011/> The size of these glaciers has been measured since 1961 and their results published in such distinguished journals as the [[International Glaciological Society]]'s ''Annals of Glaciology''.<ref name=EAS2011/><ref name=Cogley>{{cite journal|last1=Cogley|first1=J. G.|first2=W. P. |last2=Adams|first3=M. A. |last3=Ecclestone|first4=F. |last4=Jung‐Rothenhausler|first5=C. S. L. |last5=Ommaney |year=1996|title=Mass balance of White Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, NWT, Canada, 1960–91|journal=Journal of Glaciology|volume=42|issue=142|pages=548–563|bibcode=1996JGlac..42..548C|doi=10.1017/S0022143000003531|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Koerner2005>{{cite journal|last=Koerner|first=R. M. |year=2005|title=Mass balance of glaciers in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada|journal=[[Annals of Glaciology]] |volume=42|issue=1 |pages=417–423 |doi=10.3189/172756405781813122|bibcode=2005AnGla..42..417K |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Of the four ice caps that the federal government's NRCan's Climate Change Geoscience Program Earth Sciences Sector (ESS), monitors onsite in the Canadian High Arctic, three are in the Queen Elizabeth Islands: Devon, Meighen and Melville.<ref name=Fekete2014>{{cite news|url=http://o.canada.com/news/national/canadas-arctic-ice-caps-melting-rapidly-since-2005-according-to-documents/|title=Canada's Arctic ice caps melting rapidly since 2005, according to documents|first=Jason|last=Fekete|publisher=Postmedia|date=18 February 2014|access-date=22 February 2014|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718115227/http://o.canada.com/news/national/canadas-arctic-ice-caps-melting-rapidly-since-2005-according-to-documents|url-status=dead}}</ref> A 2013 [[Natural Resources Canada]] memo says that shrinking of the ice caps started in the late 1980s, and has accelerated rapidly since 2005. The increased melt rate was confirmed by [[University of California, Irvine]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.uci.edu/research/canadian-glaciers-now-major-contributor-to-sea-level-change-uci-study-shows/ |title=Canadian glaciers now major contributor to sea level change, UCI study shows|work= [[University of California, Irvine|UCI News]]|date=14 February 2017|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>

Computer analysis of a glacier inventory of Axel Heiberg Island was undertaken in the 1960s.<ref name="Müller1969">{{cite journal|title=Computer Analysis of a Glacier Inventory of Axel Heiberg Island: Canadian Arctic Archipelago|first1=C. S.L. |last1=Ommanney|first2=R. H. |last2=Goodman|first3=Fritz |last3=Müller|journal=Hydrological Sciences Journal|year=1969|volume=14|pages=19–28 |doi=10.1080/02626666909493698|doi-access=free}}</ref> Later inventories of the [[World Glacier Monitoring Service]] under the direction of [[Fritz Müller (glaciologist)|Fritz Müller]], who worked on glacier inventories internationally, included the Axel Heiberg Island glacier.<ref name=Muller1981>{{cite journal|journal=Hydrological Sciences Bulletin|title=Obituary Fritz Muller |first=Herbert |last=Lang|volume=26|number=3|location=Zürich, Switzerland|orig-year=1981|date=21 Dec 2009|pages=332–333 |doi=10.1080/02626668109490893|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Other glaciers and [[ice cap]]s in the Queen Elizabeth Islands include the [[Agassiz Ice Cap]], [[Benedict Glacier]], [[Disraeli Glacier]], [[Eugenie Glacier]], [[Gull Glacier]], [[Parrish Glacier]], [[Sven Hedin Glacier]] and the [[Turnabout Glacier]].

==See also==
* [[List of islands of Canada]]
* [[List of Canadian islands by area]]
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/bathurst.php |title=Bathurst Island |access-date=2010-08-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/bathurst.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }}  at oceandots.com
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/meighen.php |date=December 23, 2010 |title=Meighen Island }} at oceandots.com
*{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/prince-patrick.php |title=Prince Patrick Island |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/prince-patrick.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }}  at oceandots.com

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