 Satellite picture of Buckingham among other islands | |
  Buckingham Island  Buckingham Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 77°12′N91°00′W / 77.200°N 91.000°W /77.200; -91.000 (Buckingham Island) |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 137 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Width | 10 km (6 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Windsor |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Buckingham Island is aCanadian arctic island located inNorwegian Bay in the Canadian territory ofNunavut. The island lies immediately southwest ofGraham Island and 50 km (31 mi) east ofCornwall Island. Buckingham Island is 10 km (6.2 mi) wide and has an area of 137 km2 (53 sq mi).[1] It is a part of theQueen Elizabeth Islands.
Its highest peak is named Mount Windsor. Both the peak and the island itself are named after royal palaces.[2] Capt.Edward Belcher, searching forJohn Franklin in 1852–1854, described the island's surrounds:[3][4]
"The heavy, even solid nature of the floe surrounding, or, where 'nipped,' the almost berg-like lumps that protruded, afforded a fair inference that the sea is seldom seriously disturbed in these latitudes : on the other hand, if we take into consideration the exuviae of whales and other animals, found at every elevation, even to the summits of hills above 800 feet; the extraordinary wear or abrasion of the outlines, which nothing we have experienced could effect, it almost leads one to imagine that nature at some moment, possibly past and for ever, fatally perhaps for those we seek, has piled up layer over layer to effect what otherwise nothing but a recent deluge could account for."(Belcher, 1855)
Buckingham Island.
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