- Mackenzie King Island
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name = Mackenzie King Island
image caption = Mackenzie King Island and Borden Island
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location =Northern Canada
coordinates = coord|77|43|N|111|57|W|display=inline,title
archipelago =Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|5048|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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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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additional info =Mackenzie King Island is one of the
Queen Elizabeth Islands north ofCanada . It lies north of Melville Island and south ofBorden Island , and like them is divided. Most of the island is inNorthwest Territories , while a few of its easternmost extremities lie inNunavut .Mackenzie King has an area of convert|5048|km2|sqmi|abbr=on, making it the 115th largest island in the world, and Canada's 26th largest island.
History
The low-lying island was reached by
Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and later named forWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King . [cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b11f5b30-7d32-44e6-b23c-a24561c1eaf5&Language=E&Section=PrimeMinister |title=King, The Right Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie |accessdate=2008-05-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=parl.gc.ca]References
Further reading
* Vilks, G. "Foraminiferal Study of East Bay, Mackenzie King Island, District of Franklin (Polar Continental Shelf Project)". [Ottawa] : Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1964.
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