Griffith Island (Nunavut)
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| Griffith Island | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 145 km² (56 sq mi)
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| Administration | |
 Canada |
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| Territory |  Nunavut |
| Qikiqtaaluk Region | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Griffith Island lies within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-channel islands in the western sector of Barrow Strait.[1] Griffith Island lies directly across from the Inuit hamlet Resolute on Cornwallis Island, separated by the 6.5 mi wide Resolute Passage.[2]
Capt. Horatio Austin, on board the Resolute and seeking the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, wintered off Griffith Island in 1851. Explorations that winter by second master, George F. McDougall, included McDougall Sound, the waterway to the north of Griffith Island.[3]
Griffith Island is 18 km (11 mi) long, 11 km (6.8 mi) wide,[4] and 145 km² (56 sq mi) in area.[5]
Since 1958, the southeast coast of Griffith Island has experienced uncommon change, from discontinuous flying spits to continuous fringing barriers.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Bourne, Charles B. (1963). "Canadian Yearbook of International Law". Vancouver: Publication Centre, University of British Columbia. OCLC 2442067.
- ^ Pharand, Donat; Legault, L.H. (1984). The Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 7. ISBN 9024729793.
- ^ Bray, E. F. d., & Barr, W. (1992). A Frenchman in search of Franklin: de Bray's Arctic journal, 1852-1854. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 48-50. ISBN 0802028136.
- ^ Griffith Island. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America (2000). Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Queen Elizabeth Islands. nrcan.gc.ca (2008-03-19). Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ St. Hilaire, D.; ; Bell, T.; Forbes, D.L.; and Taylor, R.B. (December 11-14, 2007). Arctic coastal dynamics under changing relative sea-level and environmental forcing, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. ArcticNet 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting. Collingwood, Ontario. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
[edit] Further reading
- Dyke, A.S. (1993): Glacial and sea level history of Lowther and Griffith Islands, Northwest Territories: A hint of tectonics. Géographie physique et Quaternaire 47(2):133-45
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