| 词条 | Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut) |
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| name = Prince of Wales {{native name|fr|Prince-de-Galles}} | image_name = PrinceofWalesIslandCloseup.png | image_caption = Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut. | image_size = | map_image = Prince of Wales Island.svg | map_caption = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Northern Canada | coordinates = {{coord|72|40|N|99|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:5000000|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 33339 | rank = 40th | highest_mount = {{coord|73|48|26|N|97|50|14|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|name=Unnamed peak (Prince of Wales Island)}} | elevation_m = 424 | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Territory | country_admin_divisions = Nunavut | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | additional_info = }} One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince of Wales Island ({{lang-fr|Île du Prince-de-Galles}}) is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, lying between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. For administrative purposes it is divided between Qikiqtaaluk and Kitikmeot regions. There are no permanent settlements. Geography{{stack|}}It is a low tundra-covered island with an irregular coastline deeply indented by Ommanney Bay in the west and Browne Bay in the east. Ommanney Bay is named after Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney of the Royal Navy who explored the area as part of the search for the Franklin Expedition. Its area has been estimated at {{convert|33339|km2|abbr=on|0}}. Prince of Wales Island is the world's 40th largest island and the 10th largest in Canada. Its highest known point—with an elevation of {{convert|424|m|abbr=on|0}}—is an unnamed spot at {{nowrap|{{coord|73|48|26|N|97|50|14|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|name=Unnamed peak (Prince of Wales Island)}}}} in the island's far northeastern end,[1] overlooking the Baring Channel, which separates the island from nearby Russell Island. HistoryIts European discovery came in 1851 by Francis Leopold McClintock's sledge parties during the searches for John Franklin's last expedition.[2] McClintock, along with Sherard Osborn and William Browne, charted the northern half of the island. Its southern half was charted by Allen Young in 1859.[3] It was named after Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, then ten years old and Prince of Wales. He later became King Edward VII. Further reading{{refbegin}}
References1. ^Peakbagger 2. ^{{cite book | last = Osborn | first = Sherard | title = Stray leaves from an Arctic journal, or, Eighteen months in the polar regions : in search of Sir John Franklin's expedition, in the years 1850–51 | publisher = Putnam’s | year = 1852 | location = New York, NY | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6t8-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sherard+Osborn#v=onepage&q&f=false }} 3. ^{{cite book | last = Savours | first = Ann | title = The Search for the North West Passage | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 1999 | location = Basingstoke, GB | isbn = 978-0312223724 }} External links
3 : Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago|Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region|Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region |
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