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{{Infobox islands
| name = King Christian Island
| image_name =
| image_caption =
| image_size =
| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut
| native_name =
| native_name_link = Inuktitut
| nickname =
| location = Arctic Ocean
| coordinates = {{coord|77|45|N|102|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:200000|display=inline,title|name=King Christian Island}}
| archipelago = Sverdrup Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2 = 645
| length_km= 39
| width_km= 26
| highest_mount = King Christian Mountain[1]
| elevation_m= 165
| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut
| country_admin_divisions = Nunavut
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk
| population = Uninhabited
| population_as_of =
| density_km2 =
| ethnic_groups =
| footnotes = Source: King Christian Island at Atlas of Canada
}}

King Christian Island is an uninhabited member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Sverdrup Islands, a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Arctic Ocean, {{convert|13.5|km|1|abbr=on}} from the southwestern coast of Ellef Ringnes Island, separated by the Danish Strait.

The first European to visit the island was Gunnar Isachsen in 1901.[2] Vilhjalmur Stefansson charted its southern coast in 1916.[3]

The island has an area of {{convert|645|km2|abbr=on}}, measures {{convert|38.8|km|mi}} long and {{convert|25.7|km|mi}} wide.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/king-christian.php |title=King Christian Island |accessdate=2008-05-12 |last= |first= |date= |work= |publisher=oceandots.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/king-christian.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Sverdrup|first=Otto and Ethel Harriet Hearn|title=New Land; Four Years in the Arctic Regions|publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co.|year=1904|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0ENAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
3. ^{{cite book | last = Stefansson | first = Vilhjalmur | title = The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1922 | location = New York| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=BTUbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}

External links

  • King Christian Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

Further reading

{{refbegin}}
  • Balkwill, H. R., and Roy, K. J.; Geology of King Christian Island, District of Franklin. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977. {{ISBN|0-660-00835-1}}
{{refend}}{{Queen Elizabeth Islands}}{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}}{{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub}}

5 : Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago|Islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region|Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands|Sverdrup Islands|Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region

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