Ellesmere Island
Native name: Umingmak Nuna | |
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![]() Tundra in Quttinirpaaq National Park | |
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Geography | |
Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 79°50′N 78°00′W / 79.833°N 78.000°W |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands |
Area | 196,236 km2 (76,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 10th |
Length | 830 km (516 mi) |
Width | 645 km (400.8 mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,616 m (8583 ft) |
Highest point | Barbeau Peak |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Largest settlement | Grise Fiord (pop. 144) |
Demographics | |
Population | 144 (2021) |
Pop. density | 0.00073/km2 (0.00189/sq mi) |
Additional information | |
Area code(s) | 867 |
Ellesmere Island Canada ke sab se north waala aur tiisra sab se barraa island, aur dunia ke 10th sab se barraa island hae. Iske area 196,236 km2 (75,767 sq mi), hae, jon Great Britain se thorraa chhotaa, aur ii island ke lambaai 830 km (520 mi) hae.
Ellesmere Island Arctic Archipelago ke bhittar hae, aur Queen Elizabeth Islands ke hissa hae. Cape Columbia jiske coordinated 83°06′41″N 069°57′13″W / 83.11139°N 69.95361°W hae, Canada ke sab se north ke point hae, dunia ke duusra sab se northern point hae, Greenland ke Kaffeklubben Island ke baad.
Arctic Cordillera pahaarr, Ellesmere Island ke jaada hissa ke cover kare hae, jiske matlab hae ki ii Arctic Archipelago ke sab se pahaarri jagha hae. Ii island ke one-fifth jagha Quttinirpaaq National Park me hae.
2021 me, Ellesmere Island ke abaadi 144 rahaa. Ii island me tiin batii hae: Alert, Eureka, aur Grise Fiord. Ellesmere Island, administion ke khaatir Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canadian territory of Nunavut ke hissa hae.