Winter Island (Nunavut)
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| Waters | Foxe Basin | |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 16 ′ N , 83 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| length | 25 km | |
| width | 6 km | |
| surface | approx. 70 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 80 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Winter Island is an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk region of the Canadian Nunavut Territory .
The 70 km² island is located in the far west of the Foxe Basin . It is separated from the Melville Peninsula by the Hoppner Strait . To the southwest lies the bay of Lyon Inlet .
In 1821/22 William Edward Parry spent the winter here with the ships HMS Hecla and HMS Fury .
Individual evidence
- ^ William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia , Vol. 2, ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , p. 504 (English)