Geography | |
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 77°32′N 085°09′W / 77.533°N 85.150°W / 77.533; -85.150 (Hoved Island) |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
Area | 158 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Length | 18 km (11.2 mi) |
Width | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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 Arctic Archipelago.[1] It comprises an area of 158 km2 (61 sq mi).[2]
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.[3]
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Belcher Islands | |||||||||
Islands of Cumberland Sound |
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Islands of Davis Strait | |||||||||
Islands of Foxe Basin | |||||||||
Islands of Frobisher Bay |
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Islands of the Gulf of Boothia | |||||||||
Islands of Hudson Bay | |||||||||
Islands of Hudson Strait |
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Islands of James Bay | |||||||||
Islands of the Labrador Sea | |||||||||
Queen Elizabeth Islands |
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