Gateshead Island

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Gateshead Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 70°35′59″N 100°25′59″W / 70.59972, -100.43306Coordinates: 70°35′59″N 100°25′59″W / 70.59972, -100.43306
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area 220 km² (85 sq mi)


Administration
Flag of Canada Canada
Territory Flag of Nunavut Nunavut
Largest city Iqaluit (6,184)
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Indigenous people Inuit

Gateshead Island is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. The area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km²[1]. It is an important polar bear denning area.[2]

This is a different Gateshead Island to the one visited by Richard Collinson, commanding HMS Enterprise, while searching for John Franklin.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gateshead Island
  2. ^ Polar Bear Denning Area at Gateshead Island, Northwest Territories
  3. ^ Barr, William (2007-06-01). "Chapter 13. Results and Reactions, Then and Later", Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-1855. The University of Alberta Press, p 235. ISBN 978-0888644725. 

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