Axel Heiberg Island

E243439
Arctic island island

Axel Heiberg Island is a large, remote Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, known for its rugged glaciated landscape and extreme polar climate.

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Label Occurrences
Axel Heiberg Island canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeTerritory Nunavut ⓘ
area approximately 43200 square kilometres ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans 19th century explorers ⓘ
environment polar desert ⓘ
exploredBy Otto Sverdrup expedition ⓘ
feature fjords ⓘ
glaciated terrain ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ
rugged landscape ⓘ
valley glaciers ⓘ
geologicalPeriodEvidence Eocene fossil forests ⓘ
governedBy Government of Nunavut ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
hasGlacier Good Friday Glacier ⓘ
White Glacier ⓘ
hasIceCap Sverdrup Ice Cap ⓘ
hasResearchStation McGill Arctic Research Station ⓘ
highestElevation about 2210 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Outlook Peak ⓘ
knownFor extreme polar conditions ⓘ
fossil forests ⓘ
large glaciers ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
latitudeApprox between 78 and 81 degrees north ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: High Arctic

Nunavut ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ
namedAfter Axel Heiberg ⓘ
partOf Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Arctic Islands

Queen Elizabeth Islands ⓘ
population 0 permanent inhabitants ⓘ
rankByAreaInCanada 7 ⓘ
rankByAreaInWorldIslands 31 ⓘ
researchField climate science ⓘ
geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
permafrost studies ⓘ
sovereignState Canada ⓘ
summerTimeZone UTC−6 ⓘ
timeZone UTC−7 ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nansen Sound → separates → Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ
Otto Sverdrup → exploredRegion → Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ
Arctic Cordillera → contains → Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ