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King William Island
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Key facts
- Location
- Northern Canada
- Archipelago
- Arctic Archipelago
- Area
- 13,174 km (5,087 sq mi) -13,111 km (5,062 sq mi)
- Area rank
- 61st
- Coastline
- 1,466 km (910.9 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 141 m (463 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount Matheson
- Territory
- Nunavut
- Largest settlement
- Gjoa Haven (pop. 1,349)
- Population
- 1,349 (2021)
- Pop density
- 0.1/km (0.3/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Inuit
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Named after
- William IV
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Nunavut
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Gjoa Haven
- Population
- 1064
- Area
- 13111
- Elevation
- 137
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
- Highest point
- Mount Matheson
- Location
- Arctic Ocean
- Image
- Wfm king william island.png
- Length
- 175
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- Commons category
- King William Island
- located in/on physical feature
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- time of discovery or invention
- 1830-00-00
- native label
- King William Island
- P12749
- Billie Holiday
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
King William Island (Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq, French: Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, which is part of the Arctic Archipelago. In area it is between 12,516 km (4,832 sq mi) and 13,111 km (5,062 sq mi) making it the 61st-largest island in the world and Canada's 15th-largest island. Its population, as of the 2021 census, was 1,349, all of whom live in the island's only community, Gjoa Haven.
While searching for the Northwest Passage, a number of polar explorers visited, or spent their winters on, King William Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “King William Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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