Berkeley Islands

Island group in Nunavut, Canada

76°43′05″N 100°40′08″W / 76.71806°N 100.66889°W / 76.71806; -100.66889 (Berkeley Islands)ArchipelagoQueen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic ArchipelagoMajor islandsAllard Island, Harwood Island, Ricards Island, Seymour Island, and Sherard Osborn IslandAdministration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

The Berkeley Islands (formerly Berkeley Group[1] are an uninhabited island group in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. They are located at the head of Young Inlet off northern Bathurst Island.[2] The Berkeley Group is part of the Arctic Archipelago and is a member of the Parry Islands subgroup. It is composed of the Hosken Islands, Allard Island, Harwood Island, Ricards Island, Seymour Island, and Sherard Osborn Island (the largest).[3] It is named in honor of Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, Royal Navy First Sea Lord.

References

  1. ^ [)http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/94ffb21dc6cd11d892e2080020a0f4c9 Berkeley Islands (formerly Berkeley Group)]
  2. ^ "Bathurst Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Territorial Lands Act. Withdrawal from Disposal Order (National Park — Bathurst Island, N.W.T.)". Vol. 132, No. 9. Canada Gazette. April 29, 1998. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

External links

  • Berkeley Islands in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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Ellesmere Island
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Sverdrup Islands
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 
Belcher Islands
Islands of Cumberland Sound
Islands of Davis Strait
Islands of Foxe Basin
Islands of Frobisher Bay
Islands of the Gulf of Boothia
Islands of Hudson Bay
Islands of Hudson Strait
Islands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador Sea
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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