Queen Elizabeth Islands

Northernmost group of islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Place island_group Q216533
Queen Elizabeth Islands
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Queen Elizabeth Islands

Summary

Queen Elizabeth Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (565 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Queen Elizabeth Islands is located in Nunavut[3].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands is located in Northwest Territories[4].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands is on the body of water Arctic Ocean[6].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[7].
  • Elizabeth II is named after Queen Elizabeth Islands[8].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's Commons category is recorded as Queen Elizabeth Islands[9].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[10].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's highest point is recorded as Barbeau Peak[11].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 80, 'lon': -93}[12].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 78.71862, 'lon': -90.50044}[13].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands[14].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Queen Elizabeth Islands'}[18].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's different from is recorded as Elizabeth Islands[19].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2616'}[20].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+419061'}[21].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

Body

Geography

Queen Elizabeth Islands is in the country of Canada[5]. Located in include Nunavut[3], a territory of Canada[23], in Canada[24], founded in 1999[25] and Northwest Territories[4], a territory of Canada[26], in Canada[27], founded in 1870[28]. It is on the body of water Arctic Ocean[6].

Physical Characteristics

Queen Elizabeth Islands covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+419061'}[21]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2616'}[20].

Designation and Status

Queen Elizabeth Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[7].

History and Context

Elizabeth II is named after Queen Elizabeth Islands[8].

Why It Matters

Queen Elizabeth Islands ranks in the top 9% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (565 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands
    Located in time zone UTC−05:00
    Named after Elizabeth II
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