Location Arctic Ocean Highest elevation 165 m (541 ft) Region Qikiqtaaluk Area 645 km² | Width 26 km (16.2 mi) Nunavut Nunavut Elevation 165 m Max length 27 km | |
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Highest point King Christian Mountain Island groups Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Queen Elizabeth Islands | ||
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, 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from the southwestern coast of Ellef Ringnes Island, separated by the Danish Strait.
Map of King Christian Island, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
The first European to visit the island was Gunnar Isachsen in 1901. Vilhjalmur Stefansson charted its southern coast in 1916.
The island has an area of 645 km2 (249 sq mi), measures 38.8 kilometres (24.1 mi) long and 25.7 kilometres (16.0 mi) wide.
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