King Christian Island

Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago

King Christian Island

King Christian Island

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Geography
Location| Arctic Ocean
Coordinates| 77°4′N 102°00′W﻿ / ﻿77.067°N 102.000°W﻿ / 77.067; -102.000﻿ (King Christian Island)[1]
Archipelago| Sverdrup Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Area| 645 km2 (249 sq mi)
Length| 39 km (24.2 mi)
Width| 26 km (16.2 mi)
Highest elevation| 165 m (541 ft)
Highest point| King Christian Mountain[2]
Administration

Canada

Nunavut| Nunavut
Region| Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited
Source: King Christian Island at Atlas of Canada

King Christian Island is an uninhabited member of the Arctic Archipelago in the Sverdrup Islands, a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Arctic Ocean, 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from the southwestern coast of Ellef Ringnes Island, separated by the Danish Strait.

The island has an area of 645 km2 (249 sq mi), measures 38.8 km (24.1 mi) long and 25.7 km (16.0 mi) wide.

## History

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The first European to visit the island was Gunnar Isachsen in 1901.[3] Vilhjalmur Stefansson charted its southern coast in 1916.[4]

In 1970, Panarctic Oils drilled an exploration well (number D18) on King Christian Island which blew out of control and caught fire. After drilling down to 610 m (2,010 ft), gas began to flow to the surface, caught fire and burned the rig. Panarctic estimated the gas flow at 5,700,000 m3 (200,000,000 cu ft) per day, the largest blowout in Canadian history.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "King Christian Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 July 2024.
2. ^ "King Christian Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
3. ^ Sverdrup, Otto and Ethel Harriet Hearn (1904). New Land; Four Years in the Arctic Regions. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
4. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan.
5. ^ Gulless, Mickey; Maier, Len. "Killing the King Christian D – 18 well, Arctic Islands, 1970-1971". Vimeo. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

## External links

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* King Christian Island in the Atlas of Canada \- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

## Further reading

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* Balkwill, H. R., and Roy, K. J.; Geology of King Christian Island, District of Franklin. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977. ISBN 0-660-00835-1

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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
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* Griffith
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* Lowther
* Buckingham

|

minor|

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* Berkeley
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* Crescent
* Des Voeux
* Dundas
* Edmund Walker
* Eight Bears
* Ekins
* Exmouth
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* 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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* Qikiqtarjuarusiq
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* Bear
* Big
* Cape Hope
* Carey
* Charlton
* Grey Goose
* Gull
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* Moore
* North Twin
* Paint Hills
* Solomons Temple
* South Twin
* Spencer
* Stag
* Strutton
* Sunday
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* Hozier
* Hudson
* Ilikok
* Jackson
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* Knight
* Leybourne
* Little Hall
* Muingmak
* Rogers

Queen Elizabeth Islands|

| Ellesmere Island|

* Ellesmere
* Ward Hunt

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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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