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List Of Archipelagos
This is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans then seas and finally arranged alphabetically. Arctic Ocean Archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean: * Achton Friis Islands *Anzhu Islands * Arkticheskiy Institut Islands * Barren Islands *Berkeley Islands * Bonsall Islands *Canadian Arctic Archipelago ** Aihoyok Islands ** Akvitlak Islands **Arvalik Islands **Astronomical Society Islands ** Bate Islands **Belcher Islands ** Berens Islands ** Beverly Islands ** Bird Islands **Bjorne Islands **Cape Chidley Islands ** Cape Hope Islands ** Carter Islands ** Champan Islands ** Cheere Islands **Clarence Islands **Copeland Islands ** Crown Prince Islands ** Digges Islands ** Duke of York Archipelago ** Finlaysin Islands **Harrison Islands **Hay Islands ** Hecla and Fury Islands *** Fury Islands *** Hecla Islands **Hovgaard Islands **Keith Islands ** Leo Islands ** Low Islands **Martin Islands ** Minto Islands ** Nastapoka Islands ** Nauyan Islands ** Outcast Islands ** Outpost Islands **Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archipelago, the Aleutian Islands, the Lakshadweep Islands, the Galápagos Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Philippine Archipelago, the Maldives, the Balearic Islands, the Åland Islands, The Bahamas, the Aegean Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Canary Islands, Malta, the Azores, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the British Isles, the islands of the Archipelago Sea, and Shetland. Archipelagos are sometimes defined by political boundaries. For example, while they are geopolitically divided, the San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands geologically form part of a larger Gulf Archipelago. Etymology The word ''archipelago'' is derived from the Ancient Greek ἄρχι-(''arkhi-'', "chief") and πέλαγος (''pélagos'', "sea") thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berens Islands
The Berens Islands are an island group located inside western Coronation Gulf in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Black Berry Islands, Couper Islands, Deadman Islands, Lawford Islands, Leo Islands, and Sir Graham Moore Islands. References Berens Islandsat the Atlas of Canada The Atlas of Canada (french: L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being pu ... Islands of Coronation Gulf Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of York Archipelago
The Duke of York Archipelago is an uninhabited island group in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Coronation Gulf. The archipelago is composed of the islands of Akvitlak Islands, Anchor Island, Bate Islands, Hatoayok Island, Hokagon Island, Kabviukvik Island, Kingak Island, Mangak Island, Nagyuktok Island (historical home to Nagyuktogmiut, or Killinermiut, Copper Inuit Copper Inuit, also known as Kitlinermiut and Inuinnait, are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Ter ...) Nanukton Island, Outpost Islands, and Takhoalok Island. References Islands of Coronation Gulf Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region Victoria Island (Canada) Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges Islands
The Digges Islands (Inuit: ''Saaqqayaaq-Qikirtasiit'') are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The two islands, West Digges and East Digges, are located in Digges Sound, an arm of Hudson Bay, where the strong currents of the bay meet Hudson Strait. The hamlet of Ivujivik, on the Ungava Peninsula, is south of the islands. East Digges Island is closer to the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula than West Digges. Mansel Island is to the southwest, while Nottingham Island is to the north. The islands' rocky cliffs topography is ideal for seabirds; thick-billed murre colonies are abundant. Arctic exploration In 1610, the first recorded encounter between Europeans and Nunavik Inuit occurred on Digges Islands during Henry Hudson's last expedition. Hudson named many Arctic points after patrons who financed the voyage, including Dudley Digges Sir Dudley Digges (19 May 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Prince Islands
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, particularly in Commonwealth countries, as an abstract name for the monarchy itself, as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, ''The Crown''). A specific type of crown (or coronet for lower ranks of peerage) is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown, just a heraldic representation, as in the constitutional kingdom of Belgium, where no coronation ever took place; the royal installation is done by a solemn oath in parliament, wearing a military uniform: the King is not acknowledged as by divine right, but assumes the only hereditary public office in the service of the law; so he in turn will swear in all members of "his" federal government''. Variations * Costume headgear imitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeland Islands (Nunavut)
The Copeland Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in western Gulf of Boothia at the mouth of Thom Bay, east of the Boothia Peninsula. The Martin Islands The Martin Islands are part of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separate ... are to the north; the Hecla and Fury Islands are to the east. References Islands of the Gulf of Boothia Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Islands
The Clarence Islands are a Canadian Arctic island group in the Nunavut Territory. The islands lie in the James Ross Strait, east of Cape Felix, off the northeast coast of King William Island. They are about west of Kent Bay on the Boothia Peninsula, and about northwest of the Tennent Islands. History Captain (Sir) John Ross commanded the ''Victory'' during his second Arctic exploration (1829—1833), partly in order to regain credibility after charting a fictional landform, Croker Mountains, during his first Arctic expedition. He chose his nephew, Commander James Clark Ross, to be second in command. In 1830, while exploring within the Ross Strait, James Ross charted three islands. He named the group "Beaufort Islands" after Capt. Francis Beaufort Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (; 27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer, rear admiral of the Royal Navy, and creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale. Early life Francis Beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheere Islands
Kitaagunnaat formerly the Cheere Islands are an island group located in Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, west of Kiillinnguyaq (Kent Peninsula), in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' ..., Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Barry Islands, Nakahungaqtuaryuit, Chapman Islands, Cockburn Islands, Nallukatarvik, and Stockport Islands. References External links Kitikmeot Heritage Society Atlas Map Series 76N Islands of Coronation Gulf Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapman Islands
The uninhabited Chapman Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in the Bathurst Inlet, just south of the Coronation Gulf Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast it connects with Dease Strait and thence Queen .... They lie south of the Wilmot Islands. References Islands of Bathurst Inlet Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Islands
One of the Baffin Island offshore island groups, the Carter Islands are located in Frobisher Bay, west/southwest of Iqaluit. They are part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' .... References Archipelagoes of Baffin Island Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of Frobisher Bay {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Hope Islands
The Cape Hope Islands are an uninhabited Canadian arctic islands group located within the midsection of James Bay in Nunavut, Canada. They are situated south of Vieux-Comptoir (Old Factory). History The Inuit who lived on the Cape Hope Islands in the 1930s were transferred by the government to Great Whale River in 1960. They now live in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, and there is no longer a permanent settlement on the Cape Hope Islands. Notable people * Mini Aodla Freeman Mini Aodla Freeman is an Inuk playwright, writer, poet and essayist. She was born in July 1936 on Cape Hope Island (Nunaaluk) in James Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada. Mini Aodla was taken by the authorities to Bishop Horden ..., publisher, author, producer, was born on the Cape Hope Islands. References Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of James Bay Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Chidley Islands
The Cape Chidley Islands are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in the Labrador Sea at the south end of the entrance to the Hudson Strait, north of Killiniq Island's Cape Chidley, and separated from Killiniq Island by the MacGregor Strait. Cabot Island is the eastern of the two islands and is long. It has two summits, the northern one being above sea level, and the southern one being high. Pert Island is the smaller of the two islands and is located mile to the west. Its highest point is above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardise .... Port Burwell lies west of Pert Island. References Islands of the Labrador Sea Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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