- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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name = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
image caption = Polar projection map of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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location =Northern Canada
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total islands = 36,563
major islands =Baffin Island ,Victoria Island ,Ellesmere Island
area = convert|1424500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territories
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
flag|Northwest Territories
country largest city =Iqaluit , Nunavut
country largest city population = 6,184
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additional info =The Canadian Arctic Archipelago, also known as just the Arctic Archipelago, is an
archipelago north of the Canadian mainland in theArctic . Situated in thenorth ern extremity ofNorth America and covering about km2 to mi2|num=1424500|abbr=yes|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes, this group of 36,563island s comprises much of the territory ofNorthern Canada – most ofNunavut and part ofNorthwest Territories .The archipelago extends some km to mi|num=2400|abbr=yes|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes longitudinally and km to mi|1900|abbr=yes from the mainland to
Cape Columbia , the northernmost point onEllesmere Island . It is bounded on the west by theBeaufort Sea ; on the north by theArctic Ocean ; on the east byGreenland ,Baffin Bay andDavis Strait ; and on the south byHudson Bay and the Canadian mainland. The various islands are separated from each other and the continental mainland by a series of waterways collectively known as the Northwestern Passages. Two largepeninsula s, Boothia and Melville, extend northward from the mainland.The archipelago contains 94 major islands (greater than km2 to mi2|130|abbr=yes|precision=0), including three of the world's ten largest islands, and 36,469 minor islands. The sizeable islands of the archipelago (over km2 to mi2|10000|abbr=yes, in order of descending size) are:
References
Marsh, James H., ed. 1988. " [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000292 Arctic Archipelago] " "The Canadian Encyclopedia". Toronto: Hurtig Publishers.
Further reading
* Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, et al. "Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval" [CD] . Ottawa: NRC Research Press; Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 2007. ISBN 978-0-660-19727-2.
* Aiken, S. G., Laurie Lynn Consaul, and M. J. Dallwitz. "Grasses of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Ottawa: Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, 1995.
* Bouchard, Giselle. "Freshwater Diatom Biogeography of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2005. ISBN 0494014245
* Brown, Roger James Evan. "Permafrost in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research, 1972.
* Cota GF, LW Cooper, DA Darby, and IL Larsen. 2006. "Unexpectedly High Radioactivity Burdens in Ice-Rafted Sediments from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". "The Science of the Total Environment". 366, no. 1: 253-61.
* Dunphy, Michael. "Validation of a modelling system for tides in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 243. Dartmouth, N.S.: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2005.
* Hamilton, Paul B., Konrad Gajewski, David E. Atkinson, and David R.S. Lean. 2001. "Physical and Chemical Limnology of 204 Lakes from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". "Hydrobiologia". 457, no. 1/3: 133-148.
* Mi︠a︡rss, Tiĭu, Mark V. H. Wilson, and R. Thorsteinsson. "Silurian and Lower Devonian Thelodonts and Putative Chondrichthyans from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Special papers in palaeontology, no. 75. London: Palaeontological Association, 2006. ISBN 0901702994
* Michel, C Ingram, R G, and L R Harris. 2006. "Variability in Oceanographic and Ecological Processes in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". "Progress in Oceanography". 71, no. 2: 379.
* Porsild, A.E. "The Vascular Plants of the Western Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Ottawa: E. Cloutier, Queen's printer, 1955.
* Rae, R. W. "Climate of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Toronto: Canada Dept. of Transport, 1951.
* Thorsteinsson, R., and Ulrich Mayr. "The Sedimentary Rocks of Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1987. ISBN 0660123193
* Van der Baaren, Augustine, and S. J. Prinsenberg. "Geostrophic transport estimates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Dartmouth, N.S.: Ocean Sciences Division, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2002.ee also
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List of islands by area
*List of islands of Canada
*List of Canadian islands by area
*British Arctic Territories
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