Royal Geographical Society Islands
| Royal Geographical Society Islands | ||
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| Waters | Victoria Strait | |
| archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 55 ′ N , 100 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Royal Geographical Society Island | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Royal Geographical Society Islands ( Royal Geographical Society Islands ) are a small group of islands and part of the Canadian-Arctic archipelago . They are located in Victoria Strait between Victoria Island in the northwest and King William Island in the east. They are separated from the latter by the Alexandra Strait . The Royal Geographical Society Islands consist of two larger and numerous smaller islands. The two main islands are Royal Geographical Society Island with an area of 458.1 km² and to the northeast of it MacClintock Island with 155.1 km². Scott Keltie Island is located between the two main islands .
The archipelago, named after the British Royal Geographical Society , was discovered in the spring of 1905 by Roald Amundsen's expedition on the Gjøa , which conquered the Northwest Passage for the first time from 1903 to 1906 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ islands.unep.ch
- ^ William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia , Vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , p. 15 (English)