Devon Island
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Devon Island is a large uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, known for its Mars-like polar desert landscape used for space and planetary research.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
polar desert environment ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Government of Nunavut ⓘ |
| area | approximately 55247 square kilometers ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Inuit Nunangat ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerEconomicActivity |
limited whaling support activities
ⓘ
small-scale Arctic fox trapping ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature |
impact crater
ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Haughton impact crater
ⓘ
surface form:
Haughton Crater lakebed
Haughton impact crater ⓘ coastal cliffs ⓘ ice caps ⓘ valleys ⓘ |
| hasFormerSettlement | Dundas Harbour ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Crocker Mountains ⓘ |
| hasLandscape |
glaciated terrain
ⓘ
polar desert ⓘ rocky terrain ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBody |
Jones Sound
ⓘ
Lancaster Sound ⓘ Wellington Channel ⓘ |
| hasResearchSite |
Haughton-Mars Project Research Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
Haughton-Mars Project Research Station ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
Arctic foxes
ⓘ
Arctic hares ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ muskoxen ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Nunavut ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Baffin Island ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Ellesmere Island ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Baffin Bay ⓘ |
| partOf | Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ |
| population | 0 permanent inhabitants ⓘ |
| rankingByArea | largest uninhabited island on Earth ⓘ |
| resembles |
Mars-like landscape
ⓘ
Martian polar desert ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Mars analog research
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astrobiology research ⓘ field testing of space technologies ⓘ planetary science research ⓘ space mission simulation ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.