Arctic Archipelago

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archipelago geographical region island sea route

The Arctic Archipelago is a vast group of remote, largely ice-covered islands in the far northern reaches of Canada, known for its extreme polar climate and fragile Arctic ecosystems.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Canadian Arctic Archipelago 16
Baffin Island 0
Northwest Passage 0

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
island ⓘ
sea route ⓘ
administeredBy Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
borderedBy Baffin Bay ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
Greenland Sea ⓘ
Hudson Bay ⓘ
characterizedBy permafrost ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
tundra ecosystems ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra ⓘ
polar desert ⓘ
hasIsland Banks Island ⓘ
Devon Island ⓘ
Ellesmere Island ⓘ
Victoria Island ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Baffin Island ⓘ
hasNaturalResource minerals ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
hasWaterway Northwest Passage ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic fox ⓘ
Lepus ⓘ
surface form: Arctic hare

Arctic tern ⓘ
beluga whale ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
muskox ⓘ
narwhal ⓘ
polar bear ⓘ
ringed seal ⓘ
snowy owl ⓘ
walrus ⓘ
importantFor climate regulation ⓘ
inhabitedBy Inuit ⓘ
knownFor extreme cold temperatures ⓘ
fragile Arctic ecosystems ⓘ
long polar nights ⓘ
midnight sun ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
Northern Canada ⓘ
partOf Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
sea ice loss ⓘ
usedFor climate studies ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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Ellesmere Island → belongsTo → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Beaufort Gyre → boundedBy → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Americas → containsSubregion → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Franklin expedition → destination → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Amundsen Gjøa expedition → destinationRegion → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Martin Frobisher → explored → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
William Baffin → exploredRegion → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Lomonosov Ridge → extendsTo → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Frozen Planet → filmingLocation → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Beaufort Sea → hasShorelineIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Baffin Island → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Cape Dorset → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Devon Island → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Ellesmere Island → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Lancaster Sound → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Nansen Sound → locatedIn → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Thule Inuit → mainRegion → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Baffin Island
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Banks Island
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Devon Island
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ellesmere Island
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwest Passage
Arctic Archipelago → partOf → Arctic Archipelago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Victoria Island
Arctic Circle → passesNear → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Robert McClure → placeOfActivity → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Northwest Passage → traverses → Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago