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    Lady Franklin Island

    62°55′N 63°42′W

    Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung), is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, 25 mi (40 km) from Hall Peninsula. There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.

    Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, in Davis Strait is known for its vertical walls of Archean rock billions of years old.
    Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, in Davis Strait is known for its vertical walls of Archean rock billions of years old.

    David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0

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    62°55′N 63°42′W

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    Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung), is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, 25 mi (40 km) from Hall Peninsula. 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. The island offers an abundance of bears, caribou (tuktoo), ducks, seals, and walrus.

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    Also in Canadian Arctic

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