Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
Uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melville Island[1] (French: île Melville[citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq[citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island.
Etymology | The Viscount Melville |
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Geography | |
Location | Canadian Arctic |
Coordinates | 75°30′02″N 111°30′09″W[1] |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands |
Adjacent to | |
Area | 42,149 km2 (16,274 sq mi) |
Area rank | 33rd |
Length | 341 km (211.9 mi) |
Width | 210–292 km (130–181 mi) |
Highest elevation | 762 m (2500 ft) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territories | Northwest Territories, Nunavut |
Regions | Qikiqtaaluk, Inuvik |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (uninhabited) (2024) |
Mountains on Melville Island, some of the largest in the western Canadian Arctic, reach heights of 750 m (2,460 ft).
Melville Island is shared by the Northwest Territories, which is responsible for the western half of the island, and Nunavut, which is responsible for most of the eastern half. The border runs along the 110th meridian west. The eastern half of the island contains two subnational pene-exclaves that lie west of the 110th meridian and form part of the Northwest Territories. These can be reached by land only from Nunavut.