Parry Islands
| Parry Islands | ||
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 45 ′ N , 101 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Melville Island | |
| Residents | 230 (2006) | |
The Parry Islands ( English Parry Islands ) are a subgroup of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and are located in the Canadian Arctic archipelago .
Until 1953 the entire archipelago north of the Parry Channel was called "Parry Islands" after the British polar explorer William Edward Parry . Then it was renamed in honor of Queen Elizabeth II . Since then, the term “Parry Islands” has been used to describe the southwestern part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
The Prince Gustav Adolf Sea , Maclean Strait , Penny Strait and Wellington Channel delimit the Parry Islands to the north from the Sverdrup Islands and to the east to Devon Island .
The largest of the Parry Islands are Melville Island , Bathurst Island, and Cornwallis Island .
The only settlement in the archipelago is Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island.
The far west of the archipelago is part of the Northwest Territories , while the remainder is in the Nunavut Territory .
Web links
- Parry Islands ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .