Arctic Archipelago

Short description: Group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of northern Canada

Arctic Archipelago
Archipel Arctique Canadien (Quebec French)

Polar projection map of the Arctic Archipelago

Geography
Location| Northern Canada
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 75°N 90°W﻿ / ﻿75°N 90°W﻿ / 75; -90﻿ (Arctic Archipelago)
Total islands| 36,563
Major islands| Baffin Island, Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island
Area| 1,407,770[1] km2 (543,540 sq mi)
Administration

Canada

Territories and province| Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Newfoundland and Labrador
Largest settlement| Iqaluit, Nunavut (pop. 7,429[2])
Demographics
Population| 23,073 (2021[3][4])
Pop. density| 0.0098/km2 (0.0254/sq mi)

The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canada continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Iceland (an independent country).

Situated in the northern extremity of North America and covering about 1,424,500 km2 (550,000 sq mi), this group of 36,563 islands, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, comprises much of Northern Canada, predominately Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.[5] The archipelago is showing some effects of climate change,[6][7] with some computer estimates determining that melting there will contribute 3.5 cm (1.4 in) to the rise in sea levels by 2100.[8]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Geography
* 3 Map with links to islands
* 3.1 Notes
* 4 Communities
* 5 Populated islands
* 6 Mapping
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Further reading

## History

Around 2500 BCE, the first humans, the Paleo-Eskimos, arrived in the archipelago from the Canadian mainland. Between 1000–1500 CE, they were replaced by the Thule people, who are the ancestors of today's Inuit.

British claims on the islands, the British Arctic Territories, were based on the explorations in the 1570s by Martin Frobisher. Canadian sovereignty was originally (1870–80) only over island portions that drained into Foxe Basin, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait. Canadian sovereignty over the islands was established by 1880 when Britain transferred them to Canada.[9] The District of Franklin – established in 1895 – comprised almost all of the archipelago. The district was dissolved upon the creation of Nunavut in 1999. Canada claims all the waterways of the Northwest Passage as Canadian Internal Waters; however, the United States and most other maritime countries view these as international waters.[10][failed verification] Disagreement over the passages' status has raised Canadian concerns about environmental enforcement, national security, and general sovereignty. East of Ellesmere Island, in the Nares Strait, lies Hans Island, ownership of which is now shared between Canada and Denmark, after a decades-long dispute.[11][12][13]

## Geography

Satellite image of Baffin Island, the largest island by total area of the Arctic Archipelago

The archipelago extends some 2,400 km (1,500 mi) longitudinally and 1,900 km (1,200 mi) from the mainland to Cape Columbia, the northernmost point on Ellesmere Island. It is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea; on the northwest by the Arctic Ocean; on the east by Greenland, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait; and on the south by Hudson Bay and the Canadian mainland. The various islands are separated from each other and the continental mainland by a series of waterways collectively known as the Northwest Passage. Two large peninsulas, Boothia and Melville, extend northward from the mainland. The northernmost cluster of islands, including Ellesmere Island, is known as the Queen Elizabeth Islands and was formerly the Parry Islands.

The archipelago consists of 36,563 islands, of which 94 are classified as major islands, being larger than 130 km2 (50 sq mi), and cover a total area of 1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi).[14] The islands of the archipelago over 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi), in order of descending area, are:

Name | Location* | Area | Area rank | Population
(2021)

|
|
|
|

World | Canada
Baffin Island | NU | 507,451 km2 (195,928 sq mi) | 5 | 1 | 13,039[2][3]
Victoria Island | NT, NU | 217,291 km2 (83,897 sq mi) | 8 | 2 | 2,168[3][4]
Ellesmere Island | NU | 196,236 km2 (75,767 sq mi) | 10 | 3 | 144[3]
Banks Island | NT | 70,028 km2 (27,038 sq mi) | 24 | 5 | 104[4]
Devon Island | NU | 55,247 km2 (21,331 sq mi) | 27 | 6 | 0
Axel Heiberg Island | NU | 43,178 km2 (16,671 sq mi) | 32 | 7 | 0
Melville Island | NT, NU | 42,149 km2 (16,274 sq mi) | 33 | 8 | 0
Southampton Island | NU | 41,214 km2 (15,913 sq mi) | 34 | 9 | 1,038[3]
Prince of Wales Island | NU | 33,339 km2 (12,872 sq mi) | 40 | 10 | 0
Somerset Island | NU | 24,786 km2 (9,570 sq mi) | 46 | 12 | 0
Bathurst Island | NU | 16,042 km2 (6,194 sq mi) | 54 | 13 | 0
Prince Patrick Island | NT | 15,848 km2 (6,119 sq mi) | 55 | 14 | 0
King William Island | NU | 13,111 km2 (5,062 sq mi) | 61 | 15 | 1,349[3]
Ellef Ringnes Island | NU | 11,295 km2 (4,361 sq mi) | 69 | 16 | 0
Bylot Island | NU | 11,067 km2 (4,273 sq mi) | 72 | 17 | 0

* NT = Northwest Territories, NU = Nunavut

After Greenland, the archipelago is the world's largest high-Arctic land area. The climate of the islands is Arctic, and the terrain consists of tundra except in mountainous regions. Most of the islands are uninhabited; human settlement is extremely thin and scattered, being mainly coastal Inuit settlements on the southern islands.

## Map with links to islands

Reference map of Canadian Arctic Archipelago

* King Christianmap 1
* Bordenmap 2
* Lougheedmap 3
* Brockmap 4
* Mackenzie Kingmap 5
* Helenamap 6
* Cameronmap 7
* Emeraldmap 8
* Prince Patrickmap 9
* Île Vaniermap 10
* Eglintonmap 11
* Alexandermap 12
* Bathurstmap 13
* Melvillemap 14
* Byam Martinmap 15
* Banksmap 16
* Stefanssonmap 17
* Russellmap 18
* Prince of Walesmap 19
* Prescottmap 20
* Somersetmap 21
* Victoriamap 22
* King Williammap 23
* Mattymap 24
* Walesmap 25
* Belchermap 26
* Longmap 27
* Akimiskimap 28
* Charltonmap 29
* Ellesmeremap 30
* Meighenmap 31
* Axel Heibergmap 32
* Ellef Ringnesmap 33
* Amund Ringnesmap 34
* Cornwallmap 35
* Grahammap 36
* North Kentmap 37
* Baillie-Hamiltonmap 38
* Little Cornwallismap 39
* Cornwallismap 40 A
* Devonmap 41
* Bylotmap 42
* Baffinmap 43
* Kapuiviitmap 44 B
* Kochmap 45
* Braymap 46
* Rowleymap 47
* Foleymap 48
* Air Forcemap 49
* Prince Charlesmap 50
* Nagjuttuuqmap 51 C
* Qikiqtaaluk (Foxe Basin)map 52 D
* Southamptonmap 53
* Resolutionmap 54
* Loksmap 55
* Akpatokmap 56
* Qikiqtarjuaq (Hudson Strait)map 57 E
* Salisburymap 58
* Nottinghammap 59
* Manselmap 60
* Coatsmap 61

Islands not on map

* Beecheymap 62
* Broughtonmap 63 F
* Cape Chidleymap 64
* Dorsetmap 65 G
* Duke of Yorkmap 66
* East Penmap 67
* Flahertymap 68 H
* Haig-Thomasmap 69
* Hansmap 70
* Herschelmap 71
* Igloolikmap 72 I
* Killiniqmap 73
* Ottawamap 74
* Prince Leopoldmap 75
* Qikiqtaryuaqmap 76 J
* Skraelingmap 77
* Trodelymap 78
* Umingmalikmap 79 K
* Westonmap 80

### Notes

* ^A Population: 183[3]
* ^B Formerly Jens Munk Island
* ^C Formerly Vansittart Island
* ^D Formerly White Island
* ^E Formerly Big Island
* ^F Population: 593[3]
* ^G Population: 1,396[3]
* ^H Population: 1,010[3]
* ^I Population: 2,049[3]
* ^J Formerly Jenny Lind Island
* ^K Formerly Gateshead Island

## Communities

Community  | Island  | Region, territory  | Population[3][4]

|
|
|

Arctic Bay | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 944
Clyde River | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 1,181
Iqaluit | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 7,429
Kimmirut | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 426
Pangnirtung | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 1,504
Pond Inlet | Baffin Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 1,555
Sachs Harbour | Banks Island | Inuvik, NT | 104
Qikiqtarjuaq | Broughton Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 593
Resolute | Cornwallis Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 183
Kinngait | Dorset Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 1,396
Grise Fiord | Ellesmere Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 144
Sanikiluaq | Flaherty Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 1,010
Igloolik | Igloolik Island | Qikiqtaaluk, NU | 2,049
Gjoa Haven | King William Island | Kitikmeot, NU | 1,349
Coral Harbour | Southampton Island | Kivalliq, NU | 1,038
Cambridge Bay | Victoria Island | Kitikmeot, NU | 1,760
Ulukhaktok | Victoria Island | Inuvik, NT | 408
|  | Total | 23,073

## Populated islands

Of the more than 36,000 islands, only 11 are populated. Baffin Island, the largest, also has the largest population of 13,309.[2][3] The population accounts for 67.37 per cent of the 19,355 people in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, 56.51 per cent of the population of the Arctic Archipelago, and 35.38 per cent of the population of Nunavut.[2][3][4]

Island  | Population[2][3][4] | Area[1][15][16]
(km2)  | Area
(sq mi)  | Density
(km2)  | Density
(sq mi)

|
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|
|

Baffin Island | 13,039 | 507,451 | 315,315 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Banks Island | 104 | 70,028 | 43,513 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Broughton Island | 593 | 127.6 | 79.3 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Cornwallis Island | 183 | 6,995 | 4,346 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Dorset Island | 1,396 | 21 | 8 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Ellesmere Island | 144 | 196,236 | 121,935 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Flaherty Island | 1,010 | 1,585 | 985 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Igloolik Island | 2,049 | 114.5 | 71.1 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
King William Island | 1,349 | 13,111 | 8,147 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Southampton Island | 1,038 | 41,214 | 25,609 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".
Victoria Island | 2,168 | 217,291 | 135,018 | Script error: No such module "Pop density". | Script error: No such module "Pop density".

## Mapping

* ^map 1 King Christian,  [ ⚑ ] 77°45′N 102°00′W﻿ / ﻿77.75°N 102°W﻿ / 77.75; -102﻿ (King Christian Island, NU)
* ^map 2 Borden,  [ ⚑ ] 78°33′N 111°10′W﻿ / ﻿78.55°N 111.167°W﻿ / 78.55; -111.167﻿ (Borden Island, NT, NU)
* ^map 3 Lougheed,  [ ⚑ ] 77°24′N 105°15′W﻿ / ﻿77.4°N 105.25°W﻿ / 77.4; -105.25﻿ (Lougheed Island, NT)
* ^map 4 Brock,  [ ⚑ ] 77°51′N 114°27′W﻿ / ﻿77.85°N 114.45°W﻿ / 77.85; -114.45﻿ (Brock Island, NT)
* ^map 5 Mackenzie King  [ ⚑ ] 77°43′N 111°57′W﻿ / ﻿77.717°N 111.95°W﻿ / 77.717; -111.95﻿ (Mackenzie King Island, NT, NU)
* ^map 6 Helena,  [ ⚑ ] 76°40′N 101°00′W﻿ / ﻿76.667°N 101°W﻿ / 76.667; -101﻿ (Helena Island, NU)
* ^map 7 Cameron,  [ ⚑ ] 77°48′N 101°51′W﻿ / ﻿77.8°N 101.85°W﻿ / 77.8; -101.85﻿ (Cameron Island, NU)
* ^map 8 Emerald Isle,  [ ⚑ ] 76°48′N 114°07′W﻿ / ﻿76.8°N 114.117°W﻿ / 76.8; -114.117﻿ (Emerald Isle, NT)
* ^map 9 Prince Patrick,  [ ⚑ ] 76°45′N 119°30′W﻿ / ﻿76.75°N 119.5°W﻿ / 76.75; -119.5﻿ (Prince Patrick Island, NT)
* ^map 10 Île Vanier,  [ ⚑ ] 76°10′N 103°15′W﻿ / ﻿76.167°N 103.25°W﻿ / 76.167; -103.25﻿ (Île Vanier, NU)
* ^map 11 Eglinton,  [ ⚑ ] 75°46′N 118°27′W﻿ / ﻿75.767°N 118.45°W﻿ / 75.767; -118.45﻿ (Eglinton Island, NT)
* ^map 12 Alexander,  [ ⚑ ] 75°52′N 102°37′W﻿ / ﻿75.867°N 102.617°W﻿ / 75.867; -102.617﻿ (Alexander Island, NU)
* ^map 13 Bathurst,  [ ⚑ ] 75°46′N 099°47′W﻿ / ﻿75.767°N 99.783°W﻿ / 75.767; -99.783﻿ (Bathurst Island, NU)
* ^map 14 Melville,  [ ⚑ ] 75°30′N 111°30′W﻿ / ﻿75.5°N 111.5°W﻿ / 75.5; -111.5﻿ (Melville Island, NT, NU)
* ^map 15 Byam Martin,  [ ⚑ ] 75°12′N 104°17′W﻿ / ﻿75.2°N 104.283°W﻿ / 75.2; -104.283﻿ (Byam Martin Island, NU)
* ^map 16 Banks,  [ ⚑ ] 73°00′N 121°30′W﻿ / ﻿73°N 121.5°W﻿ / 73; -121.5﻿ (Banks Island, NU)
* ^map 17 Stefansson,  [ ⚑ ] 73°30′N 105°30′W﻿ / ﻿73.5°N 105.5°W﻿ / 73.5; -105.5﻿ (Stefansson Island, NU)
* ^map 18 Russell,  [ ⚑ ] 74°00′N 098°25′W﻿ / ﻿74°N 98.417°W﻿ / 74; -98.417﻿ (Russell Island, NU)
* ^map 19 Prince of Wales,  [ ⚑ ] 72°36′N 098°32′W﻿ / ﻿72.6°N 98.533°W﻿ / 72.6; -98.533﻿ (Prince of Wales Island, NU)
* ^map 20 Prescott,  [ ⚑ ] 73°03′N 096°49′W﻿ / ﻿73.05°N 96.817°W﻿ / 73.05; -96.817﻿ (Prescott Island, NU)
* ^map 21 Somerset,  [ ⚑ ] 73°15′N 093°30′W﻿ / ﻿73.25°N 93.5°W﻿ / 73.25; -93.5﻿ (Somerset Island, NU)
* ^map 22 Victoria,  [ ⚑ ] 71°00′N 110°00′W﻿ / ﻿71°N 110°W﻿ / 71; -110﻿ (Victoria Island, NT, NU)
* ^map 23 King William,  [ ⚑ ] 68°58′N 097°14′W﻿ / ﻿68.967°N 97.233°W﻿ / 68.967; -97.233﻿ (King William Island, NU)
* ^map 24 Matty,  [ ⚑ ] 69°28′N 095°40′W﻿ / ﻿69.467°N 95.667°W﻿ / 69.467; -95.667﻿ (Matty Island, NU)
* ^map 25 Wales,  [ ⚑ ] 68°01′N 086°40′W﻿ / ﻿68.017°N 86.667°W﻿ / 68.017; -86.667﻿ (Wales Island, NU)
* ^map 26 Belcher,  [ ⚑ ] 56°20′N 079°30′W﻿ / ﻿56.333°N 79.5°W﻿ / 56.333; -79.5﻿ (Belcher Islands, NU)
* ^map 27 Long,  [ ⚑ ] 54°52′N 079°25′W﻿ / ﻿54.867°N 79.417°W﻿ / 54.867; -79.417﻿ (Long Island, NU)
* ^map 28 Akimiski,  [ ⚑ ] 53°00′N 081°20′W﻿ / ﻿53°N 81.333°W﻿ / 53; -81.333﻿ (Akimiski Island, NU)
* ^map 29 Charlton,  [ ⚑ ] 52°00′N 079°26′W﻿ / ﻿52°N 79.433°W﻿ / 52; -79.433﻿ (Charlton Island, NU)
* ^map 30 Ellesmere,  [ ⚑ ] 79°49′N 078°00′W﻿ / ﻿79.817°N 78°W﻿ / 79.817; -78﻿ (Ellesmere Island, NU)
* ^map 31 Meighen,  [ ⚑ ] 79°59′N 099°30′W﻿ / ﻿79.983°N 99.5°W﻿ / 79.983; -99.5﻿ (Meighen Island, NU)
* ^map 32 Axel Heiberg,  [ ⚑ ] 79°26′N 090°46′W﻿ / ﻿79.433°N 90.767°W﻿ / 79.433; -90.767﻿ (Axel Heiberg Island, NU)
* ^map 33 Ellef Ringnes,  [ ⚑ ] 78°37′N 101°56′W﻿ / ﻿78.617°N 101.933°W﻿ / 78.617; -101.933﻿ (Ellef Ringnes Island, NU)
* ^map 34 Amund Ringnes,  [ ⚑ ] 78°19′N 096°25′W﻿ / ﻿78.317°N 96.417°W﻿ / 78.317; -96.417﻿ (Amund Ringnes Island, NU)
* ^map 35 Cornwall,  [ ⚑ ] 77°37′N 094°52′W﻿ / ﻿77.617°N 94.867°W﻿ / 77.617; -94.867﻿ (Cornwall Island, NU)
* ^map 36 Graham,  [ ⚑ ] 77°26′N 090°30′W﻿ / ﻿77.433°N 90.5°W﻿ / 77.433; -90.5﻿ (Graham Island, NU)
* ^map 37 North Kent,  [ ⚑ ] 76°40′N 090°15′W﻿ / ﻿76.667°N 90.25°W﻿ / 76.667; -90.25﻿ (North Kent Island, NU)
* ^map 38 Baillie-Hamilton,  [ ⚑ ] 75°53′N 094°35′W﻿ / ﻿75.883°N 94.583°W﻿ / 75.883; -94.583﻿ (Baillie-Hamilton Island, NU)
* ^map 39 Little Cornwallis,  [ ⚑ ] 75°30′N 096°30′W﻿ / ﻿75.5°N 96.5°W﻿ / 75.5; -96.5﻿ (Little Cornwallis Island, NU)
* ^map 40 Cornwallis,  [ ⚑ ] 75°05′N 095°00′W﻿ / ﻿75.083°N 95°W﻿ / 75.083; -95﻿ (Cornwallis Island, NU)
* ^map 41 Devon,  [ ⚑ ] 75°15′N 088°00′W﻿ / ﻿75.25°N 88°W﻿ / 75.25; -88﻿ (Devon Island, NU)
* ^map 42 Bylot,  [ ⚑ ] 73°13′N 078°34′W﻿ / ﻿73.217°N 78.567°W﻿ / 73.217; -78.567﻿ (Bylot Island, NU)
* ^map 43 Baffin,  [ ⚑ ] 69°00′N 072°00′W﻿ / ﻿69°N 72°W﻿ / 69; -72﻿ (Baffin Island, NU)
* ^map 44 Jens Munk,  [ ⚑ ] 69°40′N 079°40′W﻿ / ﻿69.667°N 79.667°W﻿ / 69.667; -79.667﻿ (Jens Munk Island, NU)
* ^map 45 Koch,  [ ⚑ ] 69°35′N 078°20′W﻿ / ﻿69.583°N 78.333°W﻿ / 69.583; -78.333﻿ (Koch Island, NU)
* ^map 46 Bray,  [ ⚑ ] 69°20′N 077°00′W﻿ / ﻿69.333°N 77°W﻿ / 69.333; -77﻿ (Bray Island, NU)
* ^map 47 Rowley,  [ ⚑ ] 69°05′N 078°52′W﻿ / ﻿69.083°N 78.867°W﻿ / 69.083; -78.867﻿ (Rowley Island, NU)
* ^map 48 Foley,  [ ⚑ ] 68°30′N 075°00′W﻿ / ﻿68.5°N 75°W﻿ / 68.5; -75﻿ (Foley Island, NU)
* ^map 49 Air Force,  [ ⚑ ] 67°58′N 074°05′W﻿ / ﻿67.967°N 74.083°W﻿ / 67.967; -74.083﻿ (Air Force Island, NU)
* ^map 50 Prince Charles,  [ ⚑ ] 67°45′N 076°00′W﻿ / ﻿67.75°N 76°W﻿ / 67.75; -76﻿ (Prince Charles Island, NU)
* ^map 51 Vansittart,  [ ⚑ ] 65°50′N 084°00′W﻿ / ﻿65.833°N 84°W﻿ / 65.833; -84﻿ (Vansittart Island, NU)
* ^map 52 White,  [ ⚑ ] 65°46′N 084°53′W﻿ / ﻿65.767°N 84.883°W﻿ / 65.767; -84.883﻿ (White Island, NU)
* ^map 53 Southampton,  [ ⚑ ] 64°30′N 084°30′W﻿ / ﻿64.5°N 84.5°W﻿ / 64.5; -84.5﻿ (Southampton Island, NU)
* ^map 54 Resolution,  [ ⚑ ] 61°35′N 065°00′W﻿ / ﻿61.583°N 65°W﻿ / 61.583; -65﻿ (Resolution Island, NU)
* ^map 55 Loks Land,  [ ⚑ ] 62°26′N 064°38′W﻿ / ﻿62.433°N 64.633°W﻿ / 62.433; -64.633﻿ (Loks Land Island, NU)
* ^map 56 Akpatok,  [ ⚑ ] 60°25′N 068°08′W﻿ / ﻿60.417°N 68.133°W﻿ / 60.417; -68.133﻿ (Akpatok Island, NU)
* ^map 57 Big,  [ ⚑ ] 62°43′N 070°43′W﻿ / ﻿62.717°N 70.717°W﻿ / 62.717; -70.717﻿ (Big Island, NU)
* ^map 58 Salisbury,  [ ⚑ ] 63°35′N 077°00′W﻿ / ﻿63.583°N 77°W﻿ / 63.583; -77﻿ (Salisbury Island, NU)
* ^map 59 Nottingham,  [ ⚑ ] 63°17′N 077°55′W﻿ / ﻿63.283°N 77.917°W﻿ / 63.283; -77.917﻿ (Nottingham Island, NU)
* ^map 60 Mansel,  [ ⚑ ] 62°00′N 079°50′W﻿ / ﻿62°N 79.833°W﻿ / 62; -79.833﻿ (Mansel Island, NU)
* ^map 61 Coats,  [ ⚑ ] 62°35′N 082°45′W﻿ / ﻿62.583°N 82.75°W﻿ / 62.583; -82.75﻿ (Coats Island, NU)
* ^map 62 Beechey,  [ ⚑ ] 74°43′N 091°51′W﻿ / ﻿74.717°N 91.85°W﻿ / 74.717; -91.85﻿ (Beechey Island, NU)
* ^map 63 Broughton,  [ ⚑ ] 67°34′N 063°54′W﻿ / ﻿67.567°N 63.9°W﻿ / 67.567; -63.9﻿ (Broughton Island, NU)[17]
* ^map 64 Cape Chidley,  [ ⚑ ] 60°25′45″N 64°27′50″W﻿ / ﻿60.42917°N 64.46389°W﻿ / 60.42917; -64.46389﻿ (Cape Chidley Islands, NU)[18]
* ^map 65 Dorset,  [ ⚑ ] 64°12′N 76°32′W﻿ / ﻿64.2°N 76.533°W﻿ / 64.2; -76.533﻿ (Dorset Island, NU)[19]
* ^map 66 Duke of York,  [ ⚑ ] 68°15′N 112°30′W﻿ / ﻿68.25°N 112.5°W﻿ / 68.25; -112.5﻿ (Duke of York Archipelago, NU)
* ^map 67 East Pen,  [ ⚑ ] 56°45′N 088°40′W﻿ / ﻿56.75°N 88.667°W﻿ / 56.75; -88.667﻿ (East Pen Island, NU)
* ^map 68 Flaherty,  [ ⚑ ] 56°14′N 079°17′W﻿ / ﻿56.233°N 79.283°W﻿ / 56.233; -79.283﻿ (Flaherty Island, NU)[20]
* ^map 69 Haig-Thomas,  [ ⚑ ] 78°15′N 094°30′W﻿ / ﻿78.25°N 94.5°W﻿ / 78.25; -94.5﻿ (Haig-Thomas Island, NU)
* ^map 70 Hans,  [ ⚑ ] 80°49′N 066°27′W﻿ / ﻿80.817°N 66.45°W﻿ / 80.817; -66.45﻿ (Hans Island, Canada, Denmark)
* ^map 71 Herschel,  [ ⚑ ] 69°35′N 139°04′W﻿ / ﻿69.583°N 139.067°W﻿ / 69.583; -139.067﻿ (Herschel Island)
* ^map 72 Igloolik,  [ ⚑ ] 69°23′N 081°40′W﻿ / ﻿69.383°N 81.667°W﻿ / 69.383; -81.667﻿ (Igloolik Island, NU)[21]
* ^map 73 Killiniq,  [ ⚑ ] 60°22′N 064°37′W﻿ / ﻿60.367°N 64.617°W﻿ / 60.367; -64.617﻿ (Killiniq Island, NU)
* ^map 74 Ottawa,  [ ⚑ ] 59°34′N 080°16′W﻿ / ﻿59.567°N 80.267°W﻿ / 59.567; -80.267﻿ (Ottawa Islands, NU)
* ^map 75 Prince Leopold,  [ ⚑ ] 74°01′N 090°04′W﻿ / ﻿74.017°N 90.067°W﻿ / 74.017; -90.067﻿ (Prince Leopold Island, NU)
* ^map 76 Jenny Lind,  [ ⚑ ] 68°43′N 101°58′W﻿ / ﻿68.717°N 101.967°W﻿ / 68.717; -101.967﻿ (Jenny Lind Island, NU)
* ^map 77 Skraeling,  [ ⚑ ] 78°55′N 075°40′W﻿ / ﻿78.917°N 75.667°W﻿ / 78.917; -75.667﻿ (Skraeling Island, NU)
* ^map 78 Trodely,  [ ⚑ ] 52°14′N 079°26′W﻿ / ﻿52.233°N 79.433°W﻿ / 52.233; -79.433﻿ (Trodely Island, NU)
* ^map 79 Gateshead,  [ ⚑ ] 70°35′N 100°25′W﻿ / ﻿70.583°N 100.417°W﻿ / 70.583; -100.417﻿ (Gateshead Island, NU)
* ^map 80 Weston,  [ ⚑ ] 52°32′N 079°35′W﻿ / ﻿52.533°N 79.583°W﻿ / 52.533; -79.583﻿ (Weston Island, NU)

## See also

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as: KML * GPX

* Last Ice Area
* List of Canadian islands by area
* List of islands of Canada

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Atlas of Canada – Sea Islands". Atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. 12 August 2009. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000261. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
5. ↑ Marsh, James H., ed. 1988. "Arctic Archipelago" The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Hurtig Publishers.
6. ↑ Thinning of the Arctic Sea-Ice Cover
7. ↑ Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
8. ↑ Wayman, Erin. "Canada's ice shrinking rapidly". Science News. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348880/description/News_in_Brief_Canadas_ice_shrinking_rapidly.
9. ↑ "Canada". World Statesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Canada.html.
10. ↑ "Northwest Passage gets political name change". Edmonton Journal. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6d4815ac-4fdb-4cf3-a8a6-4225a8bd08df&k=73925.
11. ↑ Levin, Dan (7 November 2016). "Canada and Denmark Fight Over Island With Whisky and Schnapps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/what-in-the-world/canada-denmark-hans-island-whisky-schnapps.html.
12. ↑ Bender, Jeremy. "2 countries have been fighting over an uninhabited island by leaving each other bottles of alcohol for over 3 decades". https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-and-denmark-whiskey-war-over-hans-island-2016-1.
13. ↑ Hopper, Tristin (13 June 2022). "Canada to get new land border with Denmark as decades-long Hans Island dispute ends". National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-to-get-new-land-border-with-denmark-as-decades-long-hans-island-dispute-ends.
14. ↑ Arctic Archipelago
15. ↑ "Islands By Land Area". Islands.unep.ch. http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm.
16. ↑ "Sector13.Hudson Strait". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. pollux.nss.nima.mil. pp. 14–15. http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf.
17. ↑ "Broughton Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=OACSS&output=xml.
18. ↑ "Cape Chidley Islands". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=OADCZ&output=xml.
19. ↑ "Dorset Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=OAEOE&output=xml.
20. ↑ "Flaherty Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=OAFRY&output=xml.
21. ↑ "Igloolik Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=OAHOZ&output=xml.

## Further reading

* Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, et al. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval[CD]. Ottawa: NRC Research Press; Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 2007. ISBN 978-0-660-19727-2.
* Aiken, S. G., Laurie Lynn Consaul, and M. J. Dallwitz. Grasses of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, 1995.
* Balkwill, H.R.; Embry, Ashton F. (1982). Arctic Geology and Geophysics: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Arctic Geology (Hardcover). Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. ISBN 0-920230-19-9.
* Bouchard, Giselle. Freshwater Diatom Biogeography of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 2005. ISBN 0-494-01424-5
* Brown, Roger James Evan. Permafrost in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research, 1972.
* Cota GF, LW Cooper, DA Darby, and IL Larsen. 2006. "Unexpectedly High Radioactivity Burdens in Ice-Rafted Sediments from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". The Science of the Total Environment. 366, no. 1: 253–61.
* Dunphy, Michael. Validation of a modelling system for tides in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 243. Dartmouth, N.S.: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2005.
* {{cite book |title=Devonian of the World: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Devonian System |location=Calgary, Canada
* Hamilton, Paul B., Konrad Gajewski, David E. Atkinson, and David R.S. Lean. 2001. "Physical and Chemical Limnology of 204 Lakes from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Hydrobiologia. 457, no. 1/3: 133–148.
* Mi︠a︡rss, Tiĭu, Mark V. H. Wilson, and R. Thorsteinsson. Silurian and Lower Devonian Thelodonts and Putative Chondrichthyans from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Special papers in palaeontology, no. 75. London: Palaeontological Association, 2006. ISBN 0-901702-99-4
* Michel, C Ingram, R G, and L R Harris. 2006. "Variability in Oceanographic and Ecological Processes in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Progress in Oceanography. 71, no. 2: 379.
* Porsild, A.E. The Vascular Plants of the Western Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: E. Cloutier, Queen's printer, 1955.
* Rae, R. W. Climate of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Toronto: Canada Dept. of Transport, 1951.
* Thorsteinsson, R., and Ulrich Mayr. The Sedimentary Rocks of Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1987. ISBN 0-660-12319-3
* Van der Baaren, Augustine, and S. J. Prinsenberg. Geostrophic transport estimates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Dartmouth, N.S.: Ocean Sciences Division, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2002.

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