Russell Island (Nunavut)
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| Waters | Barrow Strait | |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 0 ′ N , 98 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| length | 57 km | |
| width | 20 km | |
| surface | 940 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 248 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Russell Island is an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk region of the Nunavut Territory of Canada . It's on Barrow Strait . It is separated from the north coast of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel .
The island has an area of 940 km². The highest point on the island is 248 m. The western third of the island is separated from the remaining two thirds by a narrow lake and its drain. At the northern end of the lake there is an isthmus only 1.1 km wide.
William Edward Parry discovered the island in 1819.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH Web Site - Russell
- ^ William Edward Parry: Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20 , John Murray, 1821, London
literature
- Green, David EC The Late Quaternary History of Russell Island, NWT Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988. ISBN 031532564X