Helena Island
| Helena Island | ||
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 40 ′ N , 101 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| length | 41 km | |
| width | 13 km | |
| surface | 326 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 282 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Helena Island is an uninhabited island in Nunavut Territory , Canada . It belongs to the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Ocean .
The island runs parallel to the northwest coast of Bathurst Island and is separated from it by Sir William Parker Strait . It is 41 kilometers long and 12.8 kilometers wide and has an area of 326 square kilometers. To the east of Helena Island, off Cape Halkett , lie the Hosken Islands and Sherard Osborne Island . There are also some small islands in front of the Western Cape, Cape Robert Smart . About eleven kilometers northwest of Noel Point is Seymour Island, a breeding area for the rare Ivory Gull .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
- ↑ Canadian Important Bird Areas - Seymour Island (NU045) , accessed July 14, 2013.