Byam Martin Island

Byam Martin Island

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name = Byam Martin Island


image caption = Byam Martin Island, Nunavut
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native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
coordinates = coord|75|12|N|104|17|W|display=inline,title
archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|1150|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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elevation = 153 m
country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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population = Uninhabited
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Byam Martin Island ("BEI-uhm") is one of the Canadian arctic islands located on the northern side of the Viscount Melville Sound in the territory of Nunavut. It is separated from the eastern coast of Melville Island, convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on to the west, by the Byam Martin Channel; and from Bathurst Island, convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on to the northeast, by the Austin Channel. [ [http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/byam-martin.htm Byam Martin Island at Oceandots.com] ]

Byam Martin Island is convert|480|km|mi|abbr=on long, convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on wide, and measures convert|1150|km2|sqmi|abbr=on in area. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/74/B12474.html Byam Martin Island at The Columbia Gazetteer of North America] ]

The island was named by Sir William Edward Parry in August 1819 during his first expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. [cite web |url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/parry-first.htm |title=Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry |last=Parry |first=William Edward |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1821 |work=princeton.edu |location=London |oclc=46198505]

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