Sverdrup Islands

Sverdrup Islands

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name = Sverdrup Islands


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
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country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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additional info = at around 82° north and 95° west.

The main islands of the group are Axel Heiberg Island, Amund Ringnes Island, and Ellef Ringnes Island, and the archipelago also includes a number of smaller islands in the surrounding waters. The group is named after Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup, who explored and mapped them from 1898 to 1902 with the vessel "Fram", although some were previously inhabited by Inuit people. The only habitation is on Ellef Ringnes Island.

External links

* [http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/ringnes.htm University of Guelph Ringnes Islands]
* [http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/51125/opinionEditorial/columns.html Nunatsiaq News - Canada secures High Arctic sovereignty]
* [http://www.fram.museum.no/en/ Official site] of the Fram Museum (Frammuseet)


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