Lady Franklin Island
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| [[Inuktitut|Native name]]: Kitigtung | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Davis Strait |
| Coordinates | 62°56′N 63°44′W / 62.933°N 63.733°WCoordinates: 62°56′N 63°44′W / 62.933°N 63.733°W |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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Canada
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| Nunavut |  Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung),[1] is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, 25 mi (40 km) from Hall Peninsula.[2] There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.
It was named by Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall as a tribute to Sir John Franklin's wife Lady Franklin.[2]
The island offers an abundance of bears, caribou (tuktoo), ducks, seals, and walrus.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Lady Franklin Island". mapplanet.com. http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=CA&adm1=14&loc=1135172. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ a b c Hall, Charles Francis (1865). Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux : being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 308. OCLC 5357849. http://books.google.com/books?id=ctYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=%22lady+franklin+island%22&source=web&ots=hGsLR2dwo0&sig=CyxGYjH0jSrRMydK7GCjk1SgM3s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result.
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