Queen Elizabeth Islands

Northernmost group of islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

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The Queen Elizabeth Islands are a group of islands located in the far north of Canada, forming part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. They are significant as part of Canada's northern territory and represent some of the most remote and northernmost land in the country.

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Queen Elizabeth Islands, northern Canada. Nunavut Northwest Territories Quebec Greenland

The Queen Elizabeth Islands (French: Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth) are the northernmost cluster of islands in Canada's Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Northern Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Islands contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and ice cap area (excluding the inland and shelf ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica). The southern islands are called the Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago.