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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Canadian Arctic Archipelago<br /><small>Archipel Arctique Canadien (Fr)</small>
| image name       = arcticisl.png
| image caption    = Polar projection map of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
| image size       =
| map image        = Canadian Arctic Archipelago.svg
| native name      =
| native name link =
| nickname         =
| location         = [[Place:Northern Canada|Northern Canada]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|75|N|90|W|type:isle_scale:10000000_region:CA|display=inline,title|name=Canadian Arctic Archipelago}}
| archipelago      =
| total islands    = 36,563
| major islands    = Baffin Island, Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island
| area_km2         = 1424500
| highest mount    =
| elevation_m      =
| country          = Canada
| country admin divisions title     = Territories
| country admin divisions           = [[Earth:Nunavut|Nunavut]]<br />[[Earth:Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]]
| country largest city              = Iqaluit, Nunavut
| country largest city population   = 6,184
| country leader title              =
| country leader name               =
| population       = 14,000
| population as of =
| density_km2      = 0.0098
| ethnic groups    =
| additional info  =
}}
The '''Canadian Arctic Archipelago''', also known as the '''Arctic Archipelago''', is a [[Earth:Archipelago|group of islands]] north of the {{wipe|Canada}} mainland.

Situated in the northern extremity of [[Earth:North America|North America]] and covering about {{convert|1424500|km2|abbr=on}}, this group of 36,563 islands in the Arctic Sea comprises much of the territory of [[Place:Northern Canada|Northern Canada]] – most of [[Earth:Nunavut|Nunavut]] and part of the [[Earth:Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]].<ref>Marsh, James H., ed. 1988. "[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/arctic-archipelago/ Arctic Archipelago]" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Toronto: Hurtig Publishers.</ref>  The Canadian Arctic Archipelago is showing some [[Biology:Effects of global warming|effects of global warming]],<ref>[http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/dezheng.sun/lectures/seaice/Rothrock-etal.1999-GRL.pdf Thinning of the Arctic Sea-Ice Cover]</ref><ref>[http://amper.ped.muni.cz/jenik/dirs/gw/dirs/diagnosis/fig_cz/.w/stroeve_sea_ice2007.pdf Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast]</ref> with some computer estimates determining that melting there will contribute {{convert|3.5|cm|abbr=on}} to the rise in sea levels by 2100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348880/description/News_in_Brief_Canadas_ice_shrinking_rapidly|title=Canada's ice shrinking rapidly|first=Erin|last=Wayman|work= Science News}}</ref>

==History==
[[Place:British Arctic Territories|British claims on the islands]] were based on the explorations in the 1570s by Martin Frobisher. Canadian sovereignty was originally (1870–80) only over island portions that drained into Foxe Basin, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait.  Canadian sovereignty over all of the islands was not established until the 1880 transfer by Britain to Canada of the remaining islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Canada.html|title=Canada|publisher=World Statesmen|language=English|accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref> The District of Franklin – established in 1895 – comprised almost all of the archipelago; the district was dissolved upon the creation of Nunavut in 1999. Canada claims all the waterways of the Northwestern Passages as Canadian Internal Waters; however the {{wipe|United States}} and most other maritime countries view these as international waters.<ref name="dispute">{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6d4815ac-4fdb-4cf3-a8a6-4225a8bd08df&k=73925|title=Northwest Passage gets political name change|publisher=Edmonton Journal|via=Canada.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121021541/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6d4815ac-4fdb-4cf3-a8a6-4225a8bd08df&k=73925 |archivedate=2016-01-16}}</ref> Disagreement over the passages' status has raised Canadian concerns about environmental enforcement, national security, and general sovereignty. Hans Island, in the Nares Strait east of Ellesmere Island, is a territory currently contested between Canada and {{wipe|Denmark}}.

==Geography==
[[File:Wfm baffin island.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Baffin Island, the largest island by total area of the Arctic Archipelago]]
[[File:Wfm ellesmere island.jpg|thumb|Satellite image montage showing Ellesmere Island and its neighbours, including Axel Heiberg Island (left of Ellesmere). Greenland is to the right in this photo.]]
The archipelago extends some {{convert|2400|km|abbr=on}} longitudinally and {{convert|1900|km|abbr=on}} from the mainland to [[Earth:Cape Columbia|Cape Columbia]], the northernmost point on Ellesmere Island. It is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea; on the northwest by the [[Earth:Arctic Ocean|Arctic Ocean]]; on the east by [[Place:Greenland|Greenland]], Baffin Bay and Davis Strait; and on the south by Hudson Bay and the Canadian mainland.  The various islands are separated from each other and the continental mainland by a series of waterways collectively known as the [[Earth:Northwest Passage|Northwestern Passages]]. Two large [[Earth:List of peninsulas|peninsulas]], Boothia and Melville, extend northward from the mainland.

The archipelago consists of 36,563 islands, of which 94 are classified as major islands, being larger than {{convert|130|km2|abbr=on|0}}, and cover a total area of {{convert|1400000|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000292 Arctic Archipelago]</ref> The islands of the archipelago over {{convert|10000|km2|abbr=on}}, in order of descending area, are:

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Name !! rowspan="2"| Location<sup>*</sup> !! rowspan="2"|Area!! colspan="2"| Area rank !! rowspan="2" | Population<br />(2001)
|-
! World !! Canada
|-
| Baffin Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|507451|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 5 || style="text-align: right;" | 1 || style="text-align: right;" | 9,563
|-
| Victoria Island || [[Earth:Northwest Territories|NT]], [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|217291|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 8 || style="text-align: right;" | 2 || style="text-align: right;" | 1,707
|-
| Ellesmere Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|196236|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 10 || style="text-align: right;" | 3 || style="text-align: right;" | 168
|-
| Banks Island || [[Earth:Northwest Territories|NT]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|70028|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 24 || style="text-align: right;" | 5 || style="text-align: right;" | 114
|-
| Devon Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|55247|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 27 || style="text-align: right;" | 6 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Axel Heiberg Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]]  ||style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|43178|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 32 || style="text-align: right;" | 7 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Melville Island || [[Earth:Northwest Territories|NT]], [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|42149|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 33 || style="text-align: right;" | 8 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Southampton Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|41214|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 34 || style="text-align: right;" | 9 || style="text-align: right;" | 718
|-
| Prince of Wales Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|33339|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 40 || style="text-align: right;" | 10 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Somerset Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|24786|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 46 || style="text-align: right;" | 12 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Bathurst Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|16042|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 54 || style="text-align: right;" | 13 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Prince Patrick Island ||  [[Earth:Northwest Territories|NT]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|15848|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 55 || style="text-align: right;" | 14 ||style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| King William Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|13111|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 61 || style="text-align: right;" | 15 || style="text-align: right;" | 1279
|-
| Ellef Ringnes Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|11295|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 69 || style="text-align: right;" | 16 || style="text-align: right;" | 0
|-
| Bylot Island || [[Earth:Nunavut|NU]] || style="text-align: right;" | {{convert|11067|km2|abbr=on|0}} || style="text-align: right;" | 72 || style="text-align: right;" | 17 ||style="text-align: right;" | 0
|}<sup>*</sup>&nbsp;<small>NT = [[Earth:Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]], NU = [[Earth:Nunavut|Nunavut]]</small>

After Greenland, the archipelago is the world's largest high-Arctic land area.  The climate of the islands is [[Earth:Climate of the Arctic|arctic]], and the terrain consists of [[Earth:Tundra|tundra]] except in mountainous areas.  Most of the islands are uninhabited; human settlement is extremely thin and scattered, being mainly coastal Inuit settlements on the southern islands.

==Map with links to islands==
{|
|-
|nowrap|
* King Christian{{Ref|1|map 1}}
* Borden{{Ref|2|map 2}}
* Lougheed{{Ref|3|map 3}}
* Brock{{Ref|4|map 4}}
* Mackenzie King{{Ref|5|map 5}}
* Helena{{Ref|6|map 6}}
* Cameron{{Ref|7|map 7}}
* Emerald{{Ref|8|map 8}}
* Prince Patrick{{Ref|9|map 9}}
* Île Vanier{{Ref|10|map 10}}
* Eglinton{{Ref|11|map 11}}
* Alexander{{Ref|12|map 12}}
* Bathurst{{Ref|13|map 13}}
* Melville{{Ref|14|map 14}}
* Byam Martin{{Ref|15|map 15}}
* Banks{{Ref|16|map 16}}
* Stefansson{{Ref|17|map 17}}
* Russell{{Ref|18|map 18}}
* Prince of Wales{{Ref|19|map 19}}
* Prescott{{Ref|20|map 20}}
* Somerset{{Ref|21|map 21}}
* Victoria{{Ref|22|map 22}}
* King William{{Ref|23|map 23}}
* Matty{{Ref|24|map 24}}
* Wales{{Ref|25|map 25}}
* Belcher{{Ref|26|map 26}}
* Long{{Ref|27|map 27}}
* Akimiski{{Ref|28|map 28}}
* Charlton{{Ref|29|map 29}}
|
[[File:Canadarcticislands.gif|600px|Reference map of Canadian Arctic Archipelago]]
|nowrap|
* Ellesmere{{Ref|30|map 30}}
* Meighen{{Ref|31|map 31}}
* Axel Heiberg{{Ref|32|map 32}}
* Ellef Ringnes{{Ref|33|map 33}}
* Amund Ringnes{{Ref|34|map 34}}
* Cornwall{{Ref|35|map 35}}
* Graham{{Ref|36|map 36}}
* North Kent{{Ref|37|map 37}}
* Baillie-Hamilton{{Ref|38|map 38}}
* Little Cornwallis{{Ref|39|map 39}}
* Cornwallis{{Ref|40|map 40}}
* Devon{{Ref|41|map 41}}
* Bylot{{Ref|42|map 42}}
* Baffin{{Ref|43|map 43}}
* Jens Munk{{Ref|44|map 44}}
* Koch{{Ref|45|map 45}}
* Bray{{Ref|46|map 46}}
* Rowley{{Ref|47|map 47}}
* Foley{{Ref|48|map 48}}
* Air Force{{Ref|49|map 49}}
* Prince Charles{{Ref|50|map 50}}
* Vansittart{{Ref|51|map 51}}
* White{{Ref|52|map 52}}
* Southampton{{Ref|53|map 53}}
* Resolution{{Ref|54|map 54}}
* Loks{{Ref|55|map 55}}
* Akpatok{{Ref|56|map 56}}
* Big{{Ref|57|map 57}}
* Salisbury{{Ref|58|map 58}}
* Nottingham{{Ref|59|map 59}}
* Mansel{{Ref|60|map 60}}
* Coats{{Ref|61|map 61}}
|}
'''Islands not on map'''
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Beechey{{Ref|62|map 62}}
* Duke of York{{Ref|63|map 63}}
* Gateshead{{Ref|64|map 64}}
* Haig-Thomas{{Ref|65|map 65}}
* Hans{{Ref|66|map 66}}

* Herschel Island{{Ref|67|map 67}}
* Killiniq{{Ref|68|map 68}}

* Jenny Lind{{Ref|69|map 69}}
* Ottawa{{Ref|70|map 70}}
* Prince Leopold{{Ref|71|map 71}}
* Skraeling{{Ref|72|map 72}}
* Trodeley{{Ref|73|map 73}}
* Weston{{Ref|74|map 74}}
{{Div col end}}

==Mapping==
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* {{Note|1|map 1}}King Christian Island, {{Coord|77|45|N|102|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=King Christian Island, NU}}
* {{Note|2|map 2}}Borden Island, {{Coord|78|33|N|111|10|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:500000|name=Borden Island, NT, NU}}
* {{Note|3|map 3}}Lougheed Island, {{Coord|77|24|N|105|15|W|type:isle_region:CA-NT_scale:500000|name=Lougheed Island, NT}}
* {{Note|4|map 4}}Brock Island, {{Coord|77|51|N|114|27|W|type:isle_region:CA-NT_scale:500000|name=Brock Island, NT}}
* {{Note|5|map 5}}Mackenzie King Island, {{Coord|77|43|N|111|57|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:700000|name=Mackenzie King Island, NT, NU}}
* {{Note|6|map 6}}Helena Island, {{Coord|76|40|N|101|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Helena Island, NU}}
* {{Note|7|map 7}}Cameron Island, {{Coord|77|48|N|101|51|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Cameron Island, NU}}
* {{Note|8|map 8}}Emerald Isle, {{Coord|76|48|N|114|07|W|type:isle_region:CA-NT_scale:500000|name=Emerald Isle, NT}}
* {{Note|9|map 9}}Prince Patrick Island, {{Coord|76|45|N|119|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NT_scale:1500000|name=Prince Patrick Island, NT}}
* {{Note|10|map 10}}Île Vanier, {{Coord|76|10|N|103|15|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Île Vanier, NU}}
* {{Note|11|map 11}}Eglinton Island, {{Coord|75|46|N|118|27|W|type:isle_region:CA-NT_scale:500000|name=Eglinton Island, NT}}
* {{Note|12|map 12}}Alexander Island, {{Coord|75|52|N|102|37|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Alexander Island, NU}}
* {{Note|13|map 13}}Bathurst Island, {{Coord|75|46|N|099|47|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1000000|name=Bathurst Island, NU}}
* {{Note|14|map 14}}Melville Island, {{Coord|75|30|N|111|30|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:1500000|name=Melville Island, NT, NU}}
* {{Note|15|map 15}}Byam Martin Island, {{Coord|75|12|N|104|17|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Byam Martin Island, NU}}
* {{Note|16|map 16}}Banks Island, {{Coord|73|00|N|121|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:2000000|name=Banks Island, NU}}
* {{Note|17|map 17}}Stefansson Island, {{Coord|73|30|N|105|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Stefansson Island, NU}}
* {{Note|18|map 18}}Russell Island, {{Coord|74|00|N|098|25|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Russell Island, NU}}
* {{Note|19|map 19}}Prince of Wales Island, {{Coord|72|36|N|098|32|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:2000000|name=Prince of Wales Island, NU}}
* {{Note|20|map 20}}Prescott Island, {{Coord|73|03|N|096|49|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Prescott Island, NU}}
* {{Note|21|map 21}}Somerset Island, {{Coord|73|15|N|093|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1500000|name=Somerset Island, NU}}
* {{Note|22|map 22}}Victoria Island, {{Coord|71|00|N|110|00|W|type:isle_region:CA_scale:5000000|name=Victoria Island, NT, NU}}
* {{Note|23|map 23}}King William Island, {{Coord|68|58|N|097|14|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:2000000|name=King William Island, NU}}
* {{Note|24|map 24}}Matty Island, {{Coord|69|28|N|095|40|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Matty Island, NU}}
* {{Note|25|map 25}}Wales Island, {{Coord|68|01|N|086|40|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Wales Island, NU}}
* {{Note|26|map 26}}Belcher Islands, {{Coord|56|20|N|079|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Belcher Islands, NU}}
* {{Note|27|map 27}}Long Island, {{Coord|54|52|N|079|25|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Long Island, NU}}
* {{Note|28|map 28}}Akimiski Island, {{Coord|53|00|N|081|20|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Akimiski Island, NU}}
* {{Note|29|map 29}}Charlton Island, {{Coord|52|00|N|079|26|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Charlton Island, NU}}
* {{Note|30|map 30}}Ellesmere Island, {{Coord|79|49|N|078|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:5000000|name=Ellesmere Island, NU}}
* {{Note|31|map 31}}Meighen Island, {{Coord|79|59|N|099|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Meighen Island, NU}}
* {{Note|32|map 32}}Axel Heiberg Island, {{Coord|79|26|N|090|46|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:2500000|name=Axel Heiberg Island, NU}}
* {{Note|33|map 33}}Ellef Ringnes Island, {{Coord|78|37|N|101|56|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1500000|name=Ellef Ringnes Island, NU}}
* {{Note|34|map 34}}Amund Ringnes Island, {{Coord|78|19|N|096|25|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1000000|name=Amund Ringnes Island, NU}}
* {{Note|35|map 35}}Cornwall Island, {{Coord|77|37|N|094|52|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Cornwall Island, NU}}
* {{Note|36|map 36}}Graham Island, {{Coord|77|26|N|090|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Graham Island, NU}}
* {{Note|37|map 37}}North Kent Island, {{Coord|76|40|N|090|15|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=North Kent Island, NU}}
* {{Note|38|map 38}}Baillie-Hamilton Island, {{Coord|75|53|N|094|35|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Baillie-Hamilton Island, NU}}
* {{Note|39|map 39}}Little Cornwallis Island, {{Coord|75|30|N|096|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Little Cornwallis Island, NU}}
* {{Note|40|map 40}}Cornwallis Island, {{Coord|75|05|N|095|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:700000|name=Cornwallis Island, NU}}
* {{Note|41|map 41}}Devon Island, {{Coord|75|15|N|088|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1500000|name=Devon Island, NU}}
* {{Note|42|map 42}}Bylot Island, {{Coord|73|13|N|078|34|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:700000|name=Bylot Island, NU}}
* {{Note|43|map 43}}Baffin Island, {{Coord|69|00|N|072|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:10000000|name=Baffin Island, NU}}
* {{Note|44|map 44}}Jens Munk Island, {{Coord|69|40|N|079|40|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Jens Munk Island, NU}}
* {{Note|45|map 45}}Koch Island, {{Coord|69|35|N|078|20|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Koch Island, NU}}
* {{Note|46|map 46}}Bray Island, {{Coord|69|20|N|077|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Bray Island, NU}}
* {{Note|47|map 47}}Rowley Island, {{Coord|69|05|N|078|52|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Rowley Island, NU}}
* {{Note|48|map 48}}Foley Island, {{Coord|68|30|N|075|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Foley Island, NU}}
* {{Note|49|map 49}}Air Force Island, {{Coord|67|58|N|074|05|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Air Force Island, NU}}
* {{Note|50|map 50}}Prince Charles Island, {{Coord|67|45|N|076|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:700000|name=Prince Charles Island, NU}}
* {{Note|51|map 51}}Vansittart Island, {{Coord|65|50|N|084|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Vansittart Island, NU}}
* {{Note|52|map 52}}White Island, {{Coord|65|46|N|084|53|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=White Island, NU}}
* {{Note|53|map 53}}Southampton Island, {{Coord|64|30|N|084|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:1500000|name=Southampton Island, NU}}
* {{Note|54|map 54}}Resolution Island, {{Coord|61|35|N|065|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Resolution Island, NU}}
* {{Note|55|map 55}}Loks Land Island, {{Coord|62|26|N|064|38|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Loks Land Island, NU}}
* {{Note|56|map 56}}Akpatok Island, {{Coord|60|25|N|068|08|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Akpatok Island, NU}}
* {{Note|57|map 57}}Big Island, {{Coord|62|43|N|070|43|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Big Island, NU}}
* {{Note|58|map 58}}Salisbury Island, {{Coord|63|35|N|077|00|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Salisbury Island, NU}}
* {{Note|59|map 59}}Nottingham Island, {{Coord|63|17|N|077|55|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Nottingham Island, NU}}
* {{Note|60|map 60}}Mansel Island, {{Coord|62|00|N|079|50|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Mansel Island, NU}}
* {{Note|61|map 61}}Coats Island, {{Coord|62|35|N|082|45|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Coats Island, NU}}
* {{Note|62|map 62}}Beechey Island, {{Coord|74|43|N|091|51|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Beechey Island, NU}}
* {{Note|63|map 63}}Duke of York Archipelago, {{Coord|68|15|N|112|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Duke of York Archipelago, NU}}
* {{Note|64|map 64}}Gateshead Island, {{Coord|70|35|N|100|25|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Gateshead Island, NU}}
* {{Note|65|map 65}}Haig-Thomas Island, {{Coord|78|15|N|094|30|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Haig-Thomas Island, NU}}
* {{Note|66|map 66}}Hans Island, {{Coord|80|49|N|066|27|W|type:isle_scale:500000|name=Hans Island, Canada, Denmark}}
* {{Note|67|map 67}}Herschel Island, {{coord|69|35|N|139|04|W|scale:500000|name=Herschel Island}}
* {{Note|68|map 68}}Killiniq Island, {{Coord|60|22|N|064|37|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Killiniq Island, NU}}
* {{Note|69|map 69}}Jenny Lind Island, {{Coord|68|43|N|101|58|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Jenny Lind Island, NU}}
* {{Note|70|map 70}}Ottawa Islands, {{Coord|59|34|N|080|16|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Ottawa Islands, NU}}
* {{Note|71|map 71}}Prince Leopold Island, {{Coord|74|01|N|090|04|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Prince Leopold Island, NU}}
* {{Note|72|map 72}}Skraeling Island, {{Coord|78|55|N|075|40|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Skraeling Island, NU}}
* {{Note|73|map 73}}Trodely Island, {{Coord|52|14|N|079|26|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Trodely Island, NU}}
* {{Note|74|map 74}}Weston Island, {{Coord|52|32|N|079|35|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:500000|name=Weston Island, NU}}
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==See also==
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* [[Place:British Arctic Territories|British Arctic Territories]]
* List of Canadian islands by area
* List of islands of Canada

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, et al. ''Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval''[CD]. Ottawa: NRC Research Press; Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-660-19727-2}}.
* Aiken, S. G., Laurie Lynn Consaul, and M. J. Dallwitz. ''Grasses of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Ottawa: Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, 1995.
*{{cite book |title=Arctic Geology and Geophysics: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Arctic Geology
|first1=H.R. |last1=Balkwill |publisher=Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists |first2=Ashton F. |last2=Embry |type=Hardcover |isbn=0-920230-19-9}}
* Bouchard, Giselle. ''Freshwater Diatom Biogeography of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 2005. {{ISBN|0-494-01424-5}}
* Brown, Roger James Evan. ''Permafrost in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research, 1972.
* Cota GF, LW Cooper, DA Darby, and IL Larsen. 2006. "Unexpectedly High Radioactivity Burdens in Ice-Rafted Sediments from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". ''The Science of the Total Environment''. 366, no. 1: 253-61.
* Dunphy, Michael. ''Validation of a modelling system for tides in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 243. Dartmouth, N.S.: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2005.
*{{cite book |title=Devonian of the World: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Devonian System |location=Calgary, Canada
* Hamilton, Paul B., Konrad Gajewski, David E. Atkinson, and David R.S. Lean. 2001. "Physical and Chemical Limnology of 204 Lakes from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". ''Hydrobiologia''. 457, no. 1/3: 133-148.
* Mi︠a︡rss, Tiĭu, Mark V. H. Wilson, and R. Thorsteinsson. ''Silurian and Lower Devonian Thelodonts and Putative Chondrichthyans from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Special papers in palaeontology, no. 75. London: Palaeontological Association, 2006. {{ISBN|0-901702-99-4}}
* Michel, C Ingram, R G, and L R Harris. 2006. "Variability in Oceanographic and Ecological Processes in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". ''Progress in Oceanography''. 71, no. 2: 379.
* Porsild, A.E. ''The Vascular Plants of the Western Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Ottawa: E. Cloutier, Queen's printer, 1955.
* Rae, R. W. ''Climate of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Toronto: Canada Dept. of Transport, 1951.
* Thorsteinsson, R., and Ulrich Mayr. ''The Sedimentary Rocks of Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1987. {{ISBN|0-660-12319-3}}
* Van der Baaren, Augustine, and S. J. Prinsenberg. ''Geostrophic transport estimates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago''. Dartmouth, N.S.: Ocean Sciences Division, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2002.
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