 |
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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