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Ellef Ringnes Island
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Key facts
- Location
- Arctic Ocean
- Archipelago
- Sverdrup Islands , Queen Elizabeth Islands , Arctic Archipelago
- Area
- 11,295 km (4,361 sq mi)
- Area rank
- 69th
- Highest elevation
- 260 m (850 ft)
- Highest point
- Isachsen Dome
- Territory
- Nunavut
- Region
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Largest settlement
- Isachsen (pop. 0)
- Population
- Uninhabited
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Named after
- Ellef Ringnes
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Nunavut
- Continent
- North America
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 11295
- Elevation
- 266
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
- Image
- Wfm ellef ringnes island.jpg
- Width
- 110
- Length
- 218
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- native label
- Île Ellef Ringnes
- Commons category
- Ellef Ringnes Island
- time of discovery or invention
- 1901-04-20
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
NASA Landsat photo of Ellef Ringnes Island
Ellef Ringnes Island is an uninhabited island and one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. A member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago, it is located in the Arctic Ocean, east of Borden Island, and west of Amund Ringnes Island. It has an area of 11,295 km (4,361 sq mi), making it the 69th largest island in the world (slightly larger than Jamaica) and Canada's 16th largest island. Its highest mount is 260 m (850 ft).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ellef Ringnes Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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