Melville Island

Also known as Melville Island (Canada, Northwest Territories)

island in the Northwest Territories, Canada

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Melville Island is an island located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, situated in the Arctic Archipelago. It is significant as part of Canada's northern geography and has been important to Arctic exploration and Indigenous presence in the region.

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Melville Island (French: île Melville; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island.

Mountains on Melville Island, some of the largest in the western Canadian Arctic, reach heights of 750 m (2,460 ft).