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Canadian arctic archipelago ​((in)Canadian Arctic Archipelago)
Musk oxen on theVictoria Island
Information
Country	Canada
Area	1 424 500 km²
Population	14 000 hab. (2001)
Density	0,01 inhab./km²
Telephone prefix	1
Spindle	UTC -4 to -7
Location
74 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N 93 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W
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THE'canadian arctic archipelago includes islands canadian of the Arctic Ocean.

Understand

The Canadian Arctic Archipelago covers an area of 1 424 500 km² and includes 36,563 islands. It is the largest land mass in the High Arctic after the Greenland and includes three of the ten largest islands in the world. In fact, more than 98% of the land area of ​​the archipelago is made up of 91 islands with an area greater than 130 km². It spans four time zones.

It comprises most of the Nunavut and part of Northwest Territories. It is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea, on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by Greenland, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait and on the south by Hudson Bay and the part mainland Canada. Although located on the mainland, the Boothia and Melville peninsulas are sometimes included in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as they extend northward.

The majority of the islands of the archipelago are uninhabited and the localities are very dispersed. The majority of these are coastal Inuit villages in the south of the archipelago. THE'Baffin Island including Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, comprises the majority of the population of the archipelago.

The archipelago is crossed by the Northwest Passage, a maritime passage allowing to reach the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Moreover, these passages are a disputed area since Canada considers them to be internal waters while other countries whose United States consider them to be international waters. In fact, the Canadian government asks all ships going to the Canadian Arctic to report it to the Canadian Arctic Traffic System agency of the Canadian Coast Guard.

Canada also claims the area extending north of the archipelago to the North Pole, but this claim is not recognized by all countries. In addition, there is also a disputed land area between Canada and the Denmark. This is the tiny Hans Island located in the Nares strait separating theEllesmere Island from Greenland.

Weather

The archipelago is subject to an arctic climate. Its vegetation is composed of tundra with the exception of mountainous areas.

Cities

• 63.75-68.551 Iqaluit  – The capital of Nunavut and the largest city in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

• 73-121.51 Banks Island (Banks Land)  – The fifth largest island in Canada. It is one of the Northwest Territories (last update Feb. 2018)
• 79.833333-782 Ellesmere Island  – The third largest island in Canada. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 69-723 Baffin Island (Baffin Land)  – The largest island in Canada and the fifth in the world (larger than theSpain), understand Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. It comprises the majority of the population of the archipelago. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 75.5-111.54 Melville Island  – Island shared between the Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 78.9167-75.66675 Skraeling Island  – Important archaeological site. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 71-1106 Victoria Island  – The second largest island in Canada and the second most inhabited in the archipelago. It is shared between the Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. (last update Feb. 2018)

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• Greenland
• Northern canadian