Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Also known as Arctic Archipelago
archipelago in northern North America
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The Canadian Arctic Archipelago is a large group of islands located in northern North America. It matters because it represents a significant geographical region in Canada's far north, though its specific importance varies across environmental, Indigenous, and geopolitical contexts.
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The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, which is, by itself, much larger than the combined area of the archipelago), and Iceland (an independent country).
Situated in the northern extremity of North America and covering about 1,424,500 km (550,000 sq mi), this group of 36,563 islands, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, comprises much of Northern Canada, predominately Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The archipelago is showing some effects of climate change, with some computer estimates determining that melting there will contribute 3.5 cm (1.4 in) to the rise in sea levels by 2100.
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