Haig-Thomas Island
| Haig-Thomas Island | |
|---|---|
| Waters | Arctic Ocean |
| Archipelago | Sverdrup Islands ( Queen Elizabeth Islands ) |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 15 ′ N , 94 ° 30 ′ W |
| length | 14.5 km |
| width | 5.4 km |
| surface | 64.6 km² |
| Highest elevation | (unnamed) 94 m |
| Residents | uninhabited |
Haig-Thomas Iceland is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It belongs to the Sverdrup Islands , which in turn are part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands .
The elongated island is located in Massey Sound , a few kilometers off the southeast coast of the much larger island of Amund Ringnes Island . It is 14.5 km long and up to 5.4 km wide. In the central part it reaches a height of 94 m.
The island is named after the British ornithologist David Haig-Thomas (1908-1944), who discovered it in the spring of 1939 when he went on a sleigh trip from Greenland to Amund Ringnes Island.
Web links
- Haig-Thomas Island in the Atlas of Canada
Individual evidence
- ^ HR Balkwill: Geology of Amund Ringnes, Cornwall and Haig-Thomas Islands, District of Franklin . Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 390, 1983, p. 3. doi : 10.4095 / 119499