Russell Island (Nunavut)

Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago
74°00′N 98°25′W / 74.000°N 98.417°W / 74.000; -98.417 (Russell Island)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoArea940 km2 (360 sq mi)Highest elevation240 m (790 ft)Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The western third of the island is separated from the other two thirds by a narrow lake and its outlet. At the northern end of the lake there is an isthmus just 1.1 km (0.68 mi) wide and this joins the two parts of the island. With a total area of 940 km2 (360 sq mi), it is the largest island offshore of Prince of Wales Island.[1]

William Edward Parry was the first European to sight the island in 1819.[2]

Another, much smaller Russell Island lies off the northwest tip of Devon Island. A third one lies in the West Foxe Islands, in Hudson Strait, southwest of Alareak Island.

References

  1. ^ "Russell Island". oceandots.com. 2006-07-31. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Parry, William Edward (1821). Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: performed in the years 1819-20. London: John Murray. William Edward Parry 1819.

Further reading

  • Green, David E. C.; The Late Quaternary History of Russell Island, N.W.T., Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988, ISBN 0-315-32564-X
  • Russell Island (Nunavut) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
  • Russell Island (Nunavut) (off Devon Island) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
  • Russell Island (Nunavut) (West Foxe Islands) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
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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