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King William Island (French: Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land; Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, which is part of the Arctic Archipelago.
King William Island, island, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, western Nunavut territory, between Victoria Island and Boothia Peninsula. The island is separated from the mainland (Adelaide Peninsula) by the Storis Passage and Simpson Strait. It is about 110 miles (175 km) long and 100 miles (160.
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Feb 7, 2006 · King William Island, Nunavut, 13 111 km 2, in the Arctic Archipelago, is a lake-studded, gently rolling plain, with a maximum elevation of 137 m. Its vegetation, a polar semidesert, serves as summer range for mainland caribou.
It is the only settlement on King William Island . Etymology. The name Gjoa Haven is from the Norwegian Gjøahavn or "Gjøa's Harbour"; it was named by early 20th-century polar explorer Roald Amundsen after his ship Gjøa. History. Sled on the beach, September 2019.
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One summer day in the not-too-distant future, off King William Island in the High Arctic, scuba divers from Parks Canada will swim into the cabin on HMS Terror that Captain Francis Crozier once occupied.
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A large island (96th in the world, 21st in Canada) at key location with Devon Island to the east, Bathurst Island to the west, and Somerset Island further to the South, across the main passage, with various smaller islands nearby.
