Banks Island
Banks-eiland, Banks
72°49′N 121°42′W
Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago. Situated in the Inuvik Region, and part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is separated from Victoria Island to the east by the Prince of Wales Strait and from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf to its south.
Terrain
72°49′N 121°42′W
Overview
Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago. Situated in the Inuvik Region, and part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is separated from Victoria Island to the east by the Prince of Wales Strait and from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf to its south. The Beaufort Sea lies to its west, and to its northeast M'Clure Strait separates the island from Prince Patrick Island and Melville Island. It is home to at least fourteen mammal species including the Peary caribou, barren-ground caribou, and polar bears. At one time over 68,000 muskoxen lived on the island, the majority of the world's population. However, the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has led to a sharp decline in their numbers. The island is the summer home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds who nest at Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 1 and Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 2. As of the 2021 census it had a population of 104, all living in Sachs Harbour.
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Nearest islands
- Melville Island400 km
- Victoria Island419 km
- Prince of Wales Island719 km
- Devon Island977 km
- Axel Heiberg Island1099 km
- Ellesmere Island1356 km
Also in Canadian Arctic
Baffin Island
513,828 km²▲ 2,147 m
Major islands
Victoria Island
220,247 km²▲ 647 m
Major islands
Ellesmere Island
198,444 km²▲ 2,616 m
Major islands
Devon Island
55,761 km²▲ 1,921 m
Minor islands
Southampton Island
43,330 km²▲ 609 m
Minor islands
Melville Island
42,536 km²▲ 766 m
Minor islands
Axel Heiberg Island
42,464 km²▲ 2,210 m
Minor islands
Prince of Wales Island
33,443 km²▲ 425 m
Minor islands
Photographs
Thermokarst landscape on Banks Island photographed during a flight from Sachs Harbour to Aulavik National Park
Thermokarst landscape on Banks Island photographed during a flight from Sachs Harbour to Aulavik National Park
Special Collections Toronto Public Library from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0
Banks Island in the Canadian arctic. Satellite view. NASA blue pearl data.
Samuel Gurney Cresswell, from A Series of Eight Sketches in colour of the Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: Day and Son and Ackermann and Co., 1854.
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island. August 20th. 1851.
Banks-Insel und Victoria-Insel, Kanada
Making a cache of provisions for Stefansson's ice party, Thomsen holding his small child Annie, two other men working on cache on side of hill overlooking CAE schooner Mary Sachs offshore, east of Cape Kellett, Banks Island, N.W.T.
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island. August 20th. 1851.
Sources
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Photographs
- Thermokarst Landscape of Banks Island 03. Stephan Sprinz / CC BY 4.0
- Thermokarst Landscape of Banks Island 04. Stephan Sprinz / CC BY 4.0
- "Mellville Island from Banks Island" (5456659350). Special Collections Toronto Public Library from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nangmagvik Lake. Stephan Sprinz / CC BY 4.0
- Wfm banks island. NASA / Public domain
- Bold Headland on Baring Island NYR 2017. Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827 – 1867) / Public domain
- HMS Investigator (Banks Island, 1851). en:Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827—1867) / Public domain
- Thomsen River Estuary, Banks Island. NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Ha / Public domain
- Banks I Victoria I. Unknown author / Public domain
- Making a cache of provisions near Cape Kellett (50850). George H. Wilkins / CC BY-SA 4.0
- HMS Investigator stuck in ice. en:Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827—1867) / Public domain
- DISTANT LAND OF MELVILLE ISLAND FROM BARING LAND. Unknown author / Public domain