Queen Elizabeth Islands

Queen Elizabeth Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands
	English Queen Elizabeth Islands , fr. Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth
Characteristics
Number of islands	2126
Largest island	Ellesmere
total area	419,061 km²
Highest point	2616 m
Population	375 people (2006)
Population density	0 people / km²
Location
Water area	Arctic Ocean
A country	Canada;
Provinces	Nunavut , Northwest Territories
	Queen Elizabeth Islands

Queen Elizabeth Islands ( Queenles de la Reine-Élisabeth ; formerly known as the Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago ) is the northernmost segment of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago , divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in northern Canada .

Content

Geography

Barbo Peak (2616 meters) - the highest peak of Ellesmere Island, the archipelago and the territory of Nunavut

The islands lie in the Arctic Ocean basin north of the McClure , Wycomecount – Melville , Barrow , and Lancaster straits (in English sources these four straits are called Parry Channal (Parry Strait)). The shape of the island is a triangle, at the top of which lies Ellesmere Island , and the islands are Prince Patrick , Melville , Bathurst , Cornwallis , Devon ^[1] .

Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northern Canada.
Nunavut Northwest Territories Quebec Greenland

After renaming, the term Parry Archipelago continues to be used for the southwestern part of the archipelago ( Prince Patrick , Melville , Bathurst , Borden , Mackenzie King , Cornwallis and the small islands surrounding them) ^[2] , part of other islands ( Amund Ringes , Axel- Kheiberg , Ellef Ringnes , Cornwall ) belong to the group of Sverdrup islands ^[3] .

Some islands have a low relief, others are flat plateaus 300-600 meters high, mountain ranges up to 1921 meters high rise on Devon Island, the largest island of the archipelago is Ellesmere, on which Barbo Peak (2616 meters) is located - the highest peak of Ellesmere Island, the archipelago and the territory of Nunavut. The climate of the islands is extremely harsh, arctic. The islands are covered by polar deserts.

The total area of the islands is 419,061 km² ^[4] . Many of the islands are among the largest on the globe , the largest of them is Ellesmere , another large island is Devon .

No.	Isle	Subgroup	Territory	Area, km²	A place In Canada	A place in the world	Coordinates
one	Alexander ^[5]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	484	66
2	Amund Ringnes ^[6]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	5255	25	111
3	Axel Heyberg ^[7]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	43178	7	32
four	Bailey Hamilton ^[8]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	290	91
5	Bathurst ^[9]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	16042	13	54
6	Borden ^[10]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut / Northwest Territories	2794	thirty	170
7	Brock ^[11]	Parry Archipelago	Northwest Territories	764	58	383
8	Buckingham Island ^[12]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	137	137
9	Byam Martin ^[13]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	1150	42	294
10	Cameron ^[14]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	1059	46	312
eleven	Koberg ^[15]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	411	83
12	Cornwall ^[16]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	2358	31	184
13	Cornwallis ^[17]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	6995	21	96
fourteen	Devon ^[18]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	55247	6	27
fifteen	Eglinton ^[19]	Parry Archipelago	Northwest Territories	1541	36	249
16	Ellef Ringnes ^[20]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	11295	16	69
17	Ellesmere ^[21]		Nunavut	196236	3	10
eighteen	Emerald ^[22]	Parry Archipelago	Northwest Territories	549	63	466
19	Graham ^[23]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	1378	38	265
twenty	Griffith ^[24]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	189	110
21	Helena ^[25]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	327	85
22	Hoved ^[26]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	158	125
23	Wannier ^[27]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	1126	44	298
24	King Christian ^[28]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	645	60	420
25	Little Cornwallis ^[29]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	412	75
26	Lochid ^[30]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	1308	41	273
27	Lawther ^[31]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	145	133
28	Mackenzie King ^[32]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut / Northwest Territories	5048	26	115
29th	Massey ^[33]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	432	71
thirty	Mien ^[34]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	955	fifty	337
31	Melville ^[35]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut / Northwest Territories	42149	8	33
32	North Kent ^[36]	Parry Archipelago	Nunavut	590	62	453
33	Prince Patrick ^[37]	Parry Archipelago	Northwest Territories	15848	fourteen	55
34	Store ^[38]	Sverdrup	Nunavut	313	87
35	Other small islands ^[4] (2,092 units)		Nunavut / Northwest Territories	2321	...	...	...
	Queen Elizabeth Islands ^[4]		Nunavut / Northwest Territories	419061	...	...

History

For the first time, Europeans discovered the islands in 1616 . The name was given by the British Admiralty in honor of the British Arctic explorer W.E. Parry , who discovered the archipelago in 1819-1820. The islands are then named after Elizabeth II after her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953 .

Population

The population is 375 people (2006). The most significant settlements are the village of Resolute on the island of Cornwallis (229 people) and the Gris Fjord on Ellesmere (141 people). Alert is also located on Ellesmere - the northernmost settlement in the world (5 people). The remaining islands do not have a permanent population. The main economic activity is oil drilling.

Notes

↑ Canadian Encyclopedia. The queen elizabeth islands
↑ Parry Archipelago
↑ Sverdrup Island - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
↑ ¹ ² ³ Sea islands: (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 3, 2007. Archived January 22, 2013. Atlas of Canada ; Natural resources canada
↑ Alexander Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Amund Ringnes Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 28, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Axel Heiberg Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Baillie-Hamilton Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 6, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Bathurst Island at Bivouac.com
↑ Borden Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Brock Island (unopened) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Buckingham Island at the Atlas of Canada
↑ Byam Martin Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 14, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Cameron Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Coburg Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Cornwall Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Cornwallis Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Devon Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment June 26, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Eglinton Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Ellef Ringnes Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Ellesmere Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 15, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Emerald Isle (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Graham Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment April 10, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Griffith Island at the Atlas of Canada
↑ Helena Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Hoved Island at the Atlas of Canada
↑ Île Vanier (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ King Christian Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 12, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Little Cornwallis Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Lougheed Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Lowther Island at the Atlas of Canada
↑ Mackenzie King Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Massey Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Meighen Island at arctic.uoguelph.ca
↑ Melville Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ North Kent Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com
↑ Prince Patrick Island at peakbagger.com
↑ Stor Island (unopened) . Date of treatment April 13, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

Links

Atlas of Canada; natural resources of Canada (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 3, 2007. Archived January 22, 2013.
Parry Archipelago at TSB

[1] Canadian Encyclopedia. The queen elizabeth islands

[2] Parry Archipelago

[3] Sverdrup Island - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .

[taoc-4] ¹ ² ³ Sea islands: (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 3, 2007. Archived January 22, 2013. Atlas of Canada ; Natural resources canada

[5] Alexander Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[6] Amund Ringnes Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 28, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[7] Axel Heiberg Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[8] Baillie-Hamilton Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 6, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[9] Bathurst Island at Bivouac.com

[10] Borden Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[11] Brock Island (unopened) . Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[12] Buckingham Island at the Atlas of Canada

[13] Byam Martin Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 14, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[14] Cameron Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[15] Coburg Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[16] Cornwall Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[17] Cornwallis Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[18] Devon Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment June 26, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[19] Eglinton Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[20] Ellef Ringnes Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[21] Ellesmere Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 15, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[22] Emerald Isle (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[23] Graham Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment April 10, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[24] Griffith Island at the Atlas of Canada

[25] Helena Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[26] Hoved Island at the Atlas of Canada

[27] Île Vanier (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[28] King Christian Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment May 12, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[29] Little Cornwallis Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 20, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[30] Lougheed Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[31] Lowther Island at the Atlas of Canada

[32] Mackenzie King Island (Neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[33] Massey Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[34] Meighen Island at arctic.uoguelph.ca

[35] Melville Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[36] North Kent Island (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 17, 2009. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com

[37] Prince Patrick Island at peakbagger.com

[38] Stor Island (unopened) . Date of treatment April 13, 2008. Archived December 23, 2010. at oceandots.com