Hat Island (Nunavut)
| Has Iceland | ||
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| Waters | Eureka Sound , Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Sverdrup Islands , Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 59 '9 " N , 84 ° 53' 37" W | |
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| length | 2.6 km | |
| width | 1.8 km | |
| surface | 2.2 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 196 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hat Island ( Norwegian Hatøen ) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut , Canada . It belongs to the Sverdrup Islands within the Queen Elizabeth Islands .
geography
Hat Island is located at the confluence of the Bay Fiord in the Eureka Sound . The distance to Ellesmere Island is 4.5 km in the north and 6.8 km in the south. From Stor Island to the west and the Gretha Islands to the east, Hat Island is 5.4 and 7.8 km, respectively. The 2.2 km² large island reaches a height of 196 m.
history
The island was named by Otto Sverdrup during the Second Norwegian Expedition with the Fram . He inspected it on May 31, 1901 and found tent rings here as evidence of earlier visits by Inuit . Like the other islands discovered by the expedition, Sverdrup took Hatøen into possession for Norway , which however never exercised its sovereign rights . They have been part of Canada since 1930.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hat Island , The Atlas of Canada
- ^ Otto Sverdrup: New Land , Vol. 2, Longmans, Green and Co., London 1904, p. 394 (English).