- Gateshead Island
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name = Gateshead Island
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native name link = Inuktikut
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location =Northern Canada
coordinates = coord|70|35|59|N|100|25|59|W|display=inline,title
archipelago =Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|220|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country largest city =Iqaluit
country largest city population = 6,184
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population = Uninhabited
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ethnic groups =Inuit
additional info =Gateshead Island is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region of
Nunavut ,Canada . The area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km² [ [http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/gateshead.htm Gateshead Island] ] . It is an importantpolar bear denning area. [ [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic37-2-169.pdf Polar Bear Denning Area at Gateshead Island, Northwest Territories] ]This is a different Gateshead Island to the one visited by
Richard Collinson , commanding HMS Enterprise, while searching forJohn Franklin . [ cite book
last = Barr | first = William | authorlink = William Barr (Arctic historian) | title = Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-1855 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Qu2RBr5OhCMC&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=gateshead+island&source=web&ots=HrwcG7dl_g&sig=jaBUHKpxYngKdfEQanzZO8vdtd8
date = 2007-06-01 | publisher = The University of Alberta Press | isbn = 978-0888644725
pages = p 235 | chapter = Chapter 13. Results and Reactions, Then and Later]References
External links
* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=70.5999999991&long=-100.4333&mapxy=-195764.845551+2360374.00785&scale=5000000&feature_na=Gateshead+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2&searchstring=Gateshead%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DGateshead%2BIsland%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DGateshead%2BIsland%26map_polygonresultzoom0_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom0_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom1_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom1_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom2_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom2_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111 Gateshead Island] at the
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