Stor Island
| Stor Island | ||
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| Waters | Eureka Sound , Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 59 ′ N , 85 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| length | 32 km | |
| width | 14 km | |
| surface | 313 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 560 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Stor Island ( Norwegian Storøen : "big island") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut , Canada . It belongs to the Queen Elizabeth Islands .
geography
Stor Island is located in Eureka Sound between Ellesmere Island in the east and Axel Heiberg Island in the west. It is separated from the Axel-Heiberg-Insel by the 6 km wide Fulmar Channel . Eureka Sound is approximately 7.5 km wide between Stor Island and Ellesmere Island. East of the island begins the Bay Fiord , which extends deep into Ellesmere Island and has four smaller islands - Hat Island and the Gretha Islands . Stor Island is 32 km long, up to 14 km wide and has an area of 313 km².
The island reaches a height of about 560 m above sea level in the southwestern part. The middle part is formed by a plateau averaging 100 m high, which slopes steeply to the sea in the southeast, while the other coasts are mostly flat. The northeastern end of the island is dominated by 200 to 300 m high mountains.
history
The island was discovered on April 30, 1901 during the Second Norwegian Fram Expedition by Otto Sverdrup and formally taken over for Norway, which never exercised its sovereign rights . It has belonged to Canada since 1930.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Queen Elizabeth Islands ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Otto Sverdrup: New Land , Vol. 2, Longmans, Green and Co., London 1904, p. 189 (English)
Web links
- Stor Island ( Memento from May 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the island encyclopedia www.oceandots.com (English)