Prescott Island
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| Waters | Peel sound | |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 3 ′ N , 96 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| length | 30.3 km | |
| width | 18.8 km | |
| surface | 412 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 349 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Prescott Island is an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . It is located in Peel Sound between Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island .
Politically, the island belongs to the Qikiqtaaluk region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
Prescott Island is oval in shape and has a land area of 412 km².
Together with four other smaller islands, Binstead Island, Lock Island, Pandora Island and Vivian Island , Prescott Island forms a barrier at the entrance to Browne Bay , a bay in the east of Prince of Wales Island.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)