Hecla and Fury Islands

The Hecla and Fury Islands ( Hecla and Fury Islands ) are a small archipelago in the Gulf of Boothia in northern Canada . The archipelago consists of the two larger, eponymous islands and two smaller islets. The total area is about 2 km². They belong to Nunavut, more precisely to the Census division Kitikmeot, Unorganized .

The islands were discovered by John Ross on September 24, 1829. Since they are at the same latitude as the Fury and Hecla Straits to the east, Ross named them after them. Both names were based on the ship names of the polar explorer William Edward Parrys . He named the third island after Isabella Louisa , Parry's wife, Lady Parry. They were mentioned as early as 1839 in Traugott Brommes North America's inhabitants, beauties and natural treasures, but he only knew three islands.

Individual evidence

↑ Letter from John Ross, page 6 (pdf; 2.94 MB)
↑ Maurice James Ross: Polar pioneers: John Ross and James Clark Ross , McGill-Queen's University Press 1994, p. 139.
↑ Traugott Bromme: North America's inhabitants, beauties and natural treasures in general and the British possessions in particular, described by Traugott Bromme , Stuttgart: J. Scheible's Buchhandlung 1839, p. 375. Again in: Ders .: Painting of North America in all relationships of the discovery to the most recent times , Stuttgart: J. Scheible's Buchhandlung 1842, Vol. 1, p. 375.

70.080555555556 -90.513888888889Coordinates: 70 ° 5 ′ N , 90 ° 31 ′ W

[1] Letter from John Ross, page 6 (pdf; 2.94 MB)

[2] Maurice James Ross: Polar pioneers: John Ross and James Clark Ross , McGill-Queen's University Press 1994, p. 139.

[3] Traugott Bromme: North America's inhabitants, beauties and natural treasures in general and the British possessions in particular, described by Traugott Bromme , Stuttgart: J. Scheible's Buchhandlung 1839, p. 375. Again in: Ders .: Painting of North America in all relationships of the discovery to the most recent times , Stuttgart: J. Scheible's Buchhandlung 1842, Vol. 1, p. 375.