Tennent Islands

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name = Tennent Islands


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|308|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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elevation = convert|55|m|ft|abbr=on
country = Canada
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The Tennent Islands are a Canadian Arctic island group in the Nunavut Territory. The islands lie in the James Ross Strait between the Clarence Islands and Beverly Islands. Thomson Point on King William Island lies convert|3.5|km|mi|abbr=on away, across the Humboldt Channel. Matty Island lies convert|3.7|km|mi|abbr=on to the east, separated by Wellington Strait. Boothia Peninsula's Oscar Bay is to the northeast.

The Tennent Islands are low-lying and lake-studded. [cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/tennent.htm |title=Tennent Island |accessdate=2008-05-29 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=oceandots.com] They, as well as Port Emerson, a two mile wide harbor, were named in honor of Emerson Tennent by Sir John Ross during his second Arctic voyage. [Ross 1835:241]

References

* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html Arctic Islands at Natural Resources, Atlas of Canada]
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