Mackenzie King Island
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 43 ′ N , 111 ° 57 ′ W |
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| length | 80 km |
| width | 75 km |
| surface | 5081.1 |
| Highest elevation | Leffingwell Crags 125 m |
| Residents | uninhabited |
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Mackenzie King Island is located in the west of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands . The largest, western part belongs to the Northwest Territories , only a small, eastern part belongs to the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
The island is 5,081.1 km² and was discovered in June 1915 by the polar explorer Vilhjálmur Stefánsson , who initially believed it to be part of the neighboring Borden Island , from which it is, however, separated by the Wilkins Strait . The error was discovered by the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1947 while flying over, and two years later the island was named after the Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King .
The island is flat with a maximum height of 125 m.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b R. B. Taylor, D. Frobel, D. Forbes: Coastlines of the Findlay Island Group, Nunavut, and Mackenzie King Island, Northwest Territories: aerial video surveys and ground observations . Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6929, 2012, p. 9, doi : 10.4095 / 289917 (English)
Web link
- Mackenzie King Island ( Memento of May 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the island encyclopedia www.oceandots.com (English)