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Area of major1 sea islands
|
Area |
|
km2 |
Baffin Island |
507,451 |
Queen
Elizabeth Islands |
Ellesmere |
196,236 |
Devon |
55,247 |
Axel Heiberg |
43,178 |
Melville |
42,149 |
Bathurst |
16,042 |
Prince Patrick |
15,848 |
Ellef Ringnes |
11,295 |
Cornwallis |
6,995 |
Amund Ringnes |
5,255 |
Mackenzie King |
5,048 |
Borden |
2,794 |
Cornwall |
2,358 |
Eglinton |
1,541 |
Graham |
1,378 |
Lougheed |
1,308 |
Byam Martin |
1,150 |
Īle Vanier |
1,126 |
Cameron |
1,059 |
Arctic
Islands south of Queen Elizabeth Islands (but north of the Arctic Circle2) |
Victoria |
217,291 |
Banks |
70,028 |
Prince of Wales |
33,339 |
Somerset |
24,786 |
King William |
13,111 |
Bylot |
11,067 |
Prince Charles |
9,521 |
Stefansson |
4,463 |
Richards |
2,165 |
Air Force |
1,720 |
Wales |
1,137 |
Rowley |
1,090 |
Northwest
Territories and Nunavut south of the Arctic Circle |
Southampton3 |
41,214 |
Coats3 |
5,498 |
Mansel3 |
3,180 |
Akimiski3 |
3,001 |
Flaherty3 |
1,585 |
Nottingham4 |
1,372 |
Resolution4 |
1,015 |
Pacific
Coast |
Vancouver |
31,285 |
Graham |
6,361 |
Moresby |
2,608 |
Princess Royal |
2,251 |
Pitt |
1,375 |
Atlantic
Coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence |
Newfoundland and Labrador (main island) |
108,860 |
Gulf of St.
Lawrence |
Cape Breton |
10,311 |
Anticosti |
7,941 |
Prince Edward |
5,620 |
Bay of Fundy |
Grand Manan |
137 |
1 A major
island has a land area greater than 130 km2. |
2 There
are no islands over 130 km2 in the Yukon. |
3
Keewatin District. |
4
Franklin District. |
Source:
GeoAccess, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada. |
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