Queen Elizabeth Islands

E851509
archipelago settlement

The Queen Elizabeth Islands are a remote, sparsely populated archipelago in the Canadian Arctic known for their extreme polar climate, vast ice-covered landscapes, and significant role in Arctic research and sovereignty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Queen Elizabeth Islands canonical 1
Queen Elizabeth Islands (broad Arctic grouping) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
area approximately 419061 square kilometres ⓘ
characteristic extreme cold temperatures ⓘ
permanent ice caps and glaciers ⓘ
tundra vegetation ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
containsIsland Amund Ringnes Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Axel Heiberg Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baillie-Hamilton Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bathurst Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bathurst Island group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Borden Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byam Martin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cornwallis Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devon Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eglinton Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ellef Ringnes Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Christian Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lougheed Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melville Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Kent Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince Patrick Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sverdrup Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevation 2616 metres ⓘ
fauna Arctic foxes ⓘ
muskoxen ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
ringed seals ⓘ
formerName Parry Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Barbeau Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlement Alert, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eureka, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Resolute, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Canadian Arctic Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Arctic Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
population very sparsely populated ⓘ
timeZone UTC−7 to UTC−5 (varies by location) ⓘ
usedFor Arctic research ⓘ
climate change studies ⓘ
sovereignty assertion by Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Axel Heiberg Island → partOf → Queen Elizabeth Islands ⓘ
Banks Island → partOf → Queen Elizabeth Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Elizabeth Islands (broad Arctic grouping)