Ellesmere Island

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Arctic island island

Ellesmere Island is a large, remote Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, known for its extreme polar climate, rugged glaciated landscape, and status as one of the northernmost landmasses in the world.

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Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island →
island →
adminDivision Qikiqtaaluk Region →
administeredBy Government of Nunavut →
area 196235 square kilometres →
belongsTo Arctic Archipelago →
surface form: "Canadian Arctic Archipelago"
climate Arctic desert →
polar climate →
contains Alert, Nunavut →
Eureka, Nunavut →
Grise Fiord →
Kraken Mare-like epishelf lakes (historical) on northern coast →
Lake Hazen →
Quttinirpaaq National Park →
continent North America →
country Canada →
discoveredByEuropeans 10th century Norse (possible) and later 17th–19th century explorers →
ecoregion Arctic region →
surface form: "High Arctic tundra"
hasFeature fiords →
glaciers →
ice caps →
mountain ranges →
hasSettlementType remote hamlet →
research station →
highestElevation 2616 metres →
highestPoint Barbeau Peak →
knownFor being one of the northernmost landmasses in the world →
extreme cold →
rugged glaciated landscape →
latitudeCharacteristic high Arctic →
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago →
Arctic Ocean →
Nunavut →
Qikiqtaaluk Region →
mountainRange British Empire Range →
Kraken Range →
United States Range →
namedAfter Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere →
nearestLargeIsland Greenland →
notableSettlement Alert →
Eureka →
Grise Fiord →
partOf Inuit Nunangat →
population very low →
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated →
protectedArea Quttinirpaaq National Park →
rankByAreaInCanada 3 →
rankByAreaInWorld 10 →
separatedFrom Axel Heiberg Island by Nansen Sound →
Devon Island by Jones Sound →
Greenland by Nares Strait →
Referenced by (8)

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

Lincoln Sea → borderedBy → Ellesmere Island →
Baffin Bay → borders → Ellesmere Island →
this entity surface form: "Peary Land (partly)"
Arctic Archipelago → hasIsland → Ellesmere Island →
Nunavut → hasIsland → Ellesmere Island →
Lincoln Sea → locatedNorthOf → Ellesmere Island →
Devon Island → locatedSouthOf → Ellesmere Island →
Nansen Sound → separates → Ellesmere Island →
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