Lady Franklin Island
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Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung),[1] is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, Script error: No such module "convert". 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]
References
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External links
- Photos
- Lady Franklin Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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