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Victoria Island (Inuinnaqtun: Kitlineq) [5] [6] is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth-largest island in the world , and at 217,291 km 2 (83,897 sq mi) 1 in area, it is Canada's second-largest island .
Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi).
Rank World rank Name Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Territory or province Permanent population (2016) Notes Refs 1: 5: Baffin Island: 507,451 195,928: Nunavut: 13,148: Population does not include Kinngait and Qikiqtarjuaq.
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Iqaluktuuttiaq [9] Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; [6] population centre 1,403 [7]) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest settlement on Victoria Island.
Victoria Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Stockton. [1] The 7,200-acre (2,900 ha) island is bounded on the north by North Victoria Canal, on the northeast by Middle River, on the southeast by Victoria Canal, and on the south- and southwest Old River.
King William Island (French: Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land; Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq) [3] is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, which is part of the Arctic Archipelago. In area it is between 12,516 km 2 (4,832 sq mi) [ 4 ] and 13,111 km 2 (5,062 sq mi) [ 5 ] making it the 61st-largest island in the world and Canada ...
Migingo Island Kenya: Lake Victoria: 131 (2009) 0.002 0.00077: 65,500 170,000 ... The largest uninhabited island in the world is Devon Island in Canada.
The caribou are known locally as tuktu which is understood across the circumpolar world. Conversely, eider ducks are called kingalik which means, simply, "big-nose". In recent decades, the local Inuvialuit have seen the reduction in average winter sea-ice thickness from roughly 1.8 to 2.1 m (6 to 7 ft) in the early 1960s to about 110 to 120 cm ...