Griffith Island (Nunavut)
  Griffith Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 74°35′N 095°30′W / 74.583°N 95.500°WCoordinates: 74°35′N 095°30′W / 74.583°N 95.500°W |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Griffith Island lies within the 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 (10.5 km) 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, , included McDougall Sound, the waterway to the north of Griffith Island.[3]
Griffith Island is 18 by 11 km (11.2 by 6.8 mi),[4] and 189 km2 (73 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]
On April 25, 2021, a Great Slave Helicopters owned helicopter that was surveying polar bear populations crashed on Griffith Island, killing all three on board. [7]
References[]
- ^ Bourne, Charles B. (1963). Canadian Yearbook of International Law. Vancouver: Publication Centre, University of British Columbia. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7748-0127-0. OCLC 2442067.
- ^ Pharand, Donat; Legault, L.H. (1984). The Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 7. ISBN 90-247-2979-3.
- ^ 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. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-8020-2813-6.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Griffith Island". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth Islands". nrcan.gc.ca. 2008-03-19. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ St. Hilaire, D.; Bell, T.; Forbes, D.L.; Taylor, R.B. (December 11–14, 2007). "Arctic coastal dynamics under changing relative sea-level and environmental forcing, Canadian Arctic Archipelago" (PDF). ArcticNet 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting. Collingwood, Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ 3 dead in helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Further reading[]
- Dyke, A. S. (1993). "Glacial and sea level history of Lowther and Griffith Islands, Northwest Territories: A hint of tectonics" (PDF). Géographie physique et Quaternaire. 47 (2): 133–145. doi:10.7202/032944ar.
External links[]
- Aerial photo, August 1965
- Griffith Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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