O'Reilly Island
| O'Reilly Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Queen Maud Gulf | |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 2 ′ N , 98 ° 58 ′ W | |
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| length | 12 km | |
| width | 5 km | |
| surface | 34.6 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 30 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
O'Reilly Iceland is an uninhabited island in the Kitikmeot region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
geography
O'Reilly Island is the largest of the numerous islands in the Queen Maud Gulf , which are off the Klutschak and Adelaide peninsulas immediately to the west. The island is flat and interspersed with numerous lakes. With a length of 12 km in north-south direction and a width of up to 5 km, it has an area of 34.6 km².
history
In September 2014, the wreck of the HMS Erebus , one of the two ships of the Franklin expedition , was found west of O'Reilly Island at a depth of only eleven meters .
Web links
- O'Reilly Island in the Atlas of Canada
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerd Braune: Archaeologists identify the Franklin ship . In: Handelsblatt , October 3, 2014, accessed on May 2, 2016.