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    Byam Martin Island

    Île de Byam Martin

    75°14′N 104°15′W

    Byam Martin Island (BEI-uhm) is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Archipelago located on the northern side of the Viscount Melville Sound in the of Nunavut.

    75°14′N 104°15′W

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    Byam Martin Island (BEI-uhm) is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Archipelago located on the northern side of the Viscount Melville Sound in the of Nunavut. It is separated from the eastern coast of Melville Island, 27 km (17 mi) to the west, by the Byam Martin Channel; and from Bathurst Island, 35 km (22 mi) to the northeast, by the Austin Channel. Byam Martin Island is 46 km (29 mi) long, 37 km (23 mi) wide, and measures 1,164.26 km2 (449.52 sq mi) in area. The island was named after Sir Thomas Byam Martin by Sir William Edward Parry in August 1819 during his first expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.

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    Also in Parry Islands

    Also in Queen Elizabeth Islands

    Also in Canadian Arctic

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia