Île Marc
| Île Marc | ||
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 52 ′ N , 103 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| length | 14 km | |
| width | 5 km | |
| surface | 56 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 101 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Ile Marc is an uninhabited island in the territory of Nunavut in Canada . It belongs to the Bathurst Island group of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Ocean . It is a little more than a kilometer away from the neighboring island of Massey Island to the north and about 5.5 kilometers from Alexander Island in the east. Their area is 56 km².
Favored by its flat coasts, the island is visited seasonally by caribou , which swim the strait to Massey Island.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Massey Island ( memento of August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in the island encyclopedia www.oceandots.com (English)
- ^ Frank L. Miller: Inter-Island Water Crossings by Peary Caribou, South-Central Queen Elizabeth Islands (PDF; 52 kB). In: Arctic 48 (1), 1995, pp. 8–12 (English)
- ↑ Frank L. Miller: Multi-Island Seasonal Home Range Use by Two Peary Caribou, Canadian High Arctic Islands, Nunavut, 1993–94 (PDF; 675 kB). In: Arctic 55 (2), 2002, pp. 133–142 (English)