For other places of the same name, see Graham Island (disambiguation).

Graham Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. A member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago, it is located in Norwegian Bay off the coast of Ellesmere Island. Located at 77°25'N 90°30'W it has an area of 1,378 km2 (532 sq mi), 55 kilometres (34 mi) long and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide.[1] It was named in 1910.

Variation

There is a second, much smaller (about 2.0 × 0.5 km), Graham Island, also in Nunavut, off Boothia Peninsula. It was named[according to whom?] in 1966.

References

  1. ^ "The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2011-05-05.

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