Stefansson Island is an uninhabited island in the

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in the

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, Canada. It has a total area of , making it the 128th largest island in the world, and Canada's 27th largest island. The island is located in Viscount Melville Sound, with

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to the east. It lies just off Victoria Island's Storkerson Peninsula, separated by the

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. Stefansson Island's highest mount is .Stefansson Island
at

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A weather station, at , is located on the northern part of the island as part of an automated weather station array operated by

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in the Arctic.Polar Continental Shelf Program Projects
/ref> The first European sighting of the island was in 1917 by Storker T. Storkerson who was travelling with Canadian explorer

Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada. Early life and education Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Arnes, Manitoba, Canada, in 1879. ...

(1879-1962), for whom the island was named.

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