Sverdrup Islands
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Key facts
- Location
- Arctic Ocean
- Archipelago
- Queen Elizabeth Islands , Arctic Archipelago
- Major islands
- Axel Heiberg Ellef Ringnes Amund Ringnes
- Area
- 66,000 km (25,000 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 2,210 m (7250 ft)
- Highest point
- Outlook Peak
- Territory
- Nunavut
- Region
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Capital city
- McGill Arctic Research Station
- Population
- 8 to 12 summer population
- Pop density
- 0.000015/km (3.9E-5/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Has part
- Axel Heiberg Island
- Named after
- Otto Sverdrup
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Nunavut
- Area
- 66000
- Elevation
- 2211
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
- Highest point
- Outlook Peak
- Image
- Wfm sverdrup islands.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sverdrup Islands is an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. The islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, are situated in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island from 77° to 81° North and 85° to 106° West.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sverdrup Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.