Borden Island

Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago

Borden Island

Borden Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Borden Island

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Geography
Location| Northern Canada
Coordinates| 78°30′03″N 111°13′12″W﻿ / ﻿78.50083°N 111.22000°W﻿ / 78.50083; -111.22000﻿ (Borden Island)
Archipelago| Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Area| 2,795 km2 (1,079 sq mi)
Length| 94 km (58.4 mi)
Width| 82 km (51 mi)
Administration

Canada

Territory| Nunavut;
Northwest Territories
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada.[1] Split between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, it is the northernmost point of the latter.

## Some features and history[edit]

With an area of 2,795 km2 (1,079 sq mi) in size, 93.9 kilometres (58.3 mi) long and 82 kilometres (51 mi) wide, Borden is the 171st largest island in the world, and Canada's 30th largest island. It lies north of Mackenzie King Island and is similarly split between the Northwest Territories (larger portion) and Nunavut, with the border running along the 110th meridian west.[2]

The first known sighting of the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1916, it was originally described as a single landmass.[3] However, in 1947, during an aerial survey by the Royal Canadian Air Force the island was found to be two islands divided by Wilkins Strait.[4]

## Naming[edit]

The island is named for Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada 1911–1920.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Borden Island". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
2. ^ "Mackenzie King Island | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
3. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan.
4. ^ Thomson, Don W., Skyview Canada: A Story of Aerial Photography in Canada, R.B.W. Ltd: Ottawa, Canada, 1975, p. 130
5. ^ "Canadian Leaders - Sir Robert Borden". Canada and the First World War. Retrieved September 19, 2021.

## Further reading[edit]

* Geological Survey of Canada, John Adams, and Heather Penney. The 1956 June 3 Arctic Margin Earthquake Off Borden Island, Northwest Territories. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2693. 1993.

Borden Island, shown at the northeast of the map.

## External links[edit]

* Borden Island in the Atlas of Canada – Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

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Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada

Ellesmere Island|

* Ellesmere
* Ward Hunt Island

Parry Islands|

| major|

* Devon
* Melville
* Bathurst
* Prince Patrick
* Cornwallis
* Mackenzie King
* Borden
* Cornwall
* Eglinton
* Graham
* Lougheed
* Byam Martin
* Île Vanier
* Cameron
* Brock
* North Kent
* Emerald Isle
* Alexander
* Massey
* Little Cornwallis
* Coburg
* Helena
* Baillie-Hamilton
* Griffith
* Hoved
* Lowther
* Buckingham

|

minor|

* Beechey
* Berkeley
* Browne
* Cheyne
* Cocked Hat
* Crescent
* Des Voeux
* Dundas
* Edmund Walker
* Eight Bears
* Ekins
* Exmouth
* Fairholme
* Fitzwilliam Owen
* Findlay Group
* Garrett
* Grosvenor
* Hans (shared with Denmark)
* Houston Stewart
* Hyde Parker
* Île Marc
* John Barrow
* Margaret
* Nookap
* Norman Lockyer
* Patterson
* Philpots
* Pim
* Pioneer
* Princess Royal
* Seymour
* Skraeling
* Spit
* Stupart
* Table
* Thor
* Truro

Sverdrup Islands|

| major|

* Axel Heiberg
* Ellef Ringnes
* Amund Ringnes
* King Christian
* Meighen
* Stor

|

minor|

* Fay
* Gretha
* Haig-Thomas
* Hat
* Ulvingen

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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

* Adams
* Akpatok
* Alfred
* Allen
* Arvalik
* Aulattivik
* Aulitivik
* Aulitiving
* Baffin
* Barth
* Beacon (Ungava Bay)
* Bergesen
* Bjarnason
* Bylot
* Davids
* Dexterity
* Diana
* Edgeworth
* Eider
* Elder
* Fraser
* Gyrfalcon
* Hamilton
* Imiliit
* Imiqqutailaqtuuq
* Kaigosuiyat
* Kilian
* Lady Franklin
* Landslip
* Lock
* Low
* Marvin
* Mumiksaa
* Nakoaiyet
* Nova Zembla
* Old Squaw
* Otrick
* Pandora
* Payne
* Peter Richards
* Pilattuaq
* Pisiktarfik
* Plover
* Prescott
* Prince Leopold
* Prince of Wales
* Qikiqta
* Qikiqtaaluk
* Qimivvik
* Round
* Russell
* Saglaarjuk
* Saglirjuaq
* Salikuit
* Saneruarsuk
* Simialuk
* Somerset
* Spicer
* Stephens
* Trinity
* Vesey Hamilton
* Vivian
* Wollaston
* Yeoman
* Young

Belcher Islands|

* Bradbury
* Broomfield
* Bun
* Cake
* Camsell
* Dove
* Fair
* Flaherty
* Innetalling
* Karlay
* La Duke
* Loaf
* Mata
* Mavor
* Moore
* Nero
* Ney
* O'Leary
* Range
* Renouf
* Snape
* Split
* Tukarak
* Twin Cairns
* Walton
* Wiegand

Islands of Cumberland Sound|

* Akulagok
* Anarnittuq
* Aupaluktok
* Aupaluktut
* Blacklead
* Clear Passage
* Drum
* Ekallulik
* Iglunga
* Imigen
* Ivisa
* Kaigosuit
* Kangigutsak
* Kekertelung
* Kekerten
* Kekertukdjuak
* Kudjak
* Maktaktujanak
* Miliakdjuin
* Moodie
* Nimigen
* Nunatak
* Nuvujen
* Opingivik
* Sanigut
* Saunik
* Shakshukowshee
* Shakshukuk
* Tesseralik
* Tuapait
* Upajjana
* Utaqqiurviarjuruluk
* Utsusivik
* Wareham

Islands of Davis Strait|

* Aggijjat
* Akuglek
* Alikdjuak
* Angijak
* Broughton
* Idjuniving
* Kekertaluk
* Kekertuk
* Kekerturnak
* Manitung
* Monumental
* Nedlukseak
* Nudlung
* Nunatsiaq
* Nuvuktik
* Paallavvik
* Pilektuak
* Qaqulluit
* Rock
* Satigsun

Islands of Foxe Basin|

* Air Force
* Bird
* Bray
* Foley
* Igloolik
* Kapuiviit
* Koch
* Nirlirnaqtuuq
* North Tweedsmuir
* Prince Charles
* Qikiqtaarjuk
* Rowley
* Siuraq
* South Tweedsmuir
* White
* Winter

Islands of Frobisher Bay|

* Algerine
* Alligator
* Anchorage
* Aubrey
* Augustus
* Bear
* Beveridge
* Bishop
* Brigus
* Brook
* Bruce
* Cairn
* Camp
* Carter
* Chase
* Coffin
* Crimmins
* Crowell
* Culbertson
* Daniel
* Dog
* Eden
* Emerick
* Falk
* Faris
* Field
* Fletcher
* Frobisher's Farthest
* Gabriel
* Gardiner
* Gay
* Gross
* Halford
* Hantzsch
* Harper
* Hill
* Jenvey
* Kodlunarn
* Kudlago
* Kungo
* Lefferts
* Leopold
* Loks Land
* Long
* Low
* Luella
* Mair
* Mark
* Mary
* McAllister
* McBride
* McLaren
* McLean
* Metela
* Mitchell
* Monument
* Nest
* Nouyarn
* Ogden
* Pan
* Peak
* Pichit
* Pike
* Pink Lady
* Pope
* Potter
* Precipice
* Ptarmigan
* Pugh
* Qarsau
* Quadrifid
* Redan
* Resor
* Sale
* Scalene
* Sliver
* Smith
* Sybil
* Thompson
* Whiskukun

Islands of the Gulf of Boothia|

* Crown Prince Frederik
* Glen
* Honeyman
* Lavoie
* Sabine
* Wales

Islands of Hudson Bay|

* Awrey
* Big
* Booth
* Bronson
* Commodore
* Cox
* Digges
* Eddy
* Elsie
* Fraley
* Frazier
* Gilmour
* Harrison
* J. Gordon
* Johnnys
* Kugong
* Long
* Mansel
* Marcopeet
* McCormack
* Moore
* Nuvuk
* Ottawa
* Pattee
* Perley
* Smith

Islands of Hudson Strait|

* Anguttuaq
* Aulatsiviit
* Avingasittuit Siqinirsipangat
* Beacon (Hudson Strait)
* Black Bluff
* Bush
* Button
* Charles
* Clark
* Dolphin
* Dorset
* Edgell
* Erhardt
* Goodwin
* Gudmusson
* Hector
* Holdridge
* Ijjuriktuq
* Ivvitsa
* Kaavvijjuaq
* King
* Kinngarjuaq
* Lacy
* Lavoie
* Lawson
* Leading
* Lower Savage
* MacColl
* Mallik
* Middle Savage
* Mill
* Naniruaq
* Niels
* Nottingham
* Nunarijjait
* Nuvuktiqpaaraaluk
* Nuvursiit
* Observation
* Point
* Poodlatee
* Qaqqannalik
* Qaiqsuarjuk
* Qikiqtaalujjuaq
* Qikiqtarjuaq
* Qikiqtarjuarusiq
* Resolution
* Saarru
* Salisbury
* Saqajaa
* Sheer
* Strathcona
* Takijualuk
* Ukaliqtuuq
* Ungirlauttat
* Upirngiviaaluk

Islands of James Bay|

* Akimiski
* Bear
* Big
* Cape Hope
* Carey
* Charlton
* Grey Goose
* Gull
* Jacob
* Moore
* North Twin
* Paint Hills
* Solomons Temple
* South Twin
* Spencer
* Stag
* Strutton
* Sunday
* Trodely
* Twin
* Walter
* Weston

Islands of the Labrador Sea|

* Brevoort
* Cape Chidley
* Christopher Hall
* Hozier
* Hudson
* Ilikok
* Jackson
* Killiniq
* Knight
* Leybourne
* Little Hall
* Muingmak
* Rogers

Queen Elizabeth Islands|

| Ellesmere Island|

* Ellesmere
* Ward Hunt

|

Parry Islands|

* Alexander
* Baillie-Hamilton
* Bathurst
* Beechey
* Berkeley
* Borden
* Brock
* Browne
* Buckingham
* Byam Martin
* Cameron
* Cheyne
* Coburg
* Cocked Hat
* Cornwall
* Cornwallis
* Crescent
* Des Voeux
* Devon
* Dundas
* Edmund Walker
* Eglinton
* Ekins
* Emerald
* Exmouth
* Fairholme
* Findlay Group
* Garrett
* Graham
* Griffith
* Grosvenor
* Hans (with Greenland)
* Helena
* Houston Stewart
* Hoved
* Hyde Parker
* John Barrow
* Little Cornwallis
* Lougheed
* Lowther
* Mackenzie King
* Moore
* Marc
* Margaret
* Massey
* Melville
* Nookap
* Norman Lockyer
* North Kent
* Patterson
* Philpots
* Pim
* Pioneer
* Prince Patrick
* Princess Royal
* Seymour
* Skraeling
* Spit
* Stupart
* Table
* Thor
* Truro
* Vanier

Sverdrup Islands|

* Amund Ringnes
* Axel Heiberg
* Ellef Ringnes
* Fay
* Gretha
* Haig-Thomas
* Hat
* King Christian
* Meighen
* Stor
* Ulvingen

Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region

See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.
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