Location Northern Canada Width 16 km (9.9 mi) Population Uninhabited | Length 18 km (11.2 mi) Territory Nunavut Area 158 km² | |
Island groups Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Queen Elizabeth Islands | ||
Hoved Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island is located between the Svendsen and Bjorne peninsulas, and within the Baumann Fiord of Ellesmere Island, considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It comprises an area of 158 km2 (61 sq mi).
Map of Hoved Island, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
Hoved Island was first charted and named (hoved, Norwegian for "main") by the second Norwegian expedition of the Fram (1898—1902) under Capt. Otto Sverdrup.
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