Mackenzie King Island

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Mackenzie King Island
Mackenzie King Island and Borden Island
Mackenzie King Island and Borden Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 77°43′N 111°57′W / 77.717, -111.95Coordinates: 77°43′N 111°57′W / 77.717, -111.95
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area 5,048 km² (1,949 sq mi)


Administration
Flag of Canada Canada
Territory Flag of Nunavut Nunavut
Qikiqtaaluk Region
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Mackenzie King Island, Northwest Territories
Mackenzie King Island, Northwest Territories

Mackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided. Most of the island is in Northwest Territories, while a few of its easternmost extremities lie in Nunavut.

Mackenzie King has an area of 5,048 km² (1,949 sq mi), making it the 115th largest island in the world, and Canada's 26th largest island.

[edit] History

The low-lying island was reached by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and later named for William Lyon Mackenzie King.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ King, The Right Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie. parl.gc.ca. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.

[edit] Further reading

  • Vilks, G. Foraminiferal Study of East Bay, Mackenzie King Island, District of Franklin (Polar Continental Shelf Project). [Ottawa]: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1964.
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