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 (200 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 image is recorded as Queen Elizabeth Islands 2009-08-27 (MODIS).jpg[7].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[8].
  • Elizabeth II is named after Queen Elizabeth Islands[9].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315144080[10].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's GND ID is recorded as 4271742-5[11].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's locator map image is recorded as Queen Elizabeth Islands in Canada.svg[12].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's locator map image is recorded as Map indicating the Queen Elizabeth (or Parry) Islands, northern Canada.png[13].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's IdRef ID is recorded as 179261002[14].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's Commons category is recorded as Queen Elizabeth Islands[15].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[16].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's highest point is recorded as Barbeau Peak[17].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 80, 'lon': -93}[18].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 78.71862, 'lon': -90.50044}[19].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033_p6[20].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge705000[21].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as LATOW[22].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as LBBHQ[23].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as OAUJD[24].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as OAUKM[25].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands[26].
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0425901[27].

Body

Geography

Queen Elizabeth Islands is in the country of Canada[5]. Located in include Nunavut[3], a territory of Canada[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1999[30] and Northwest Territories[4], a territory of Canada[31], in Canada[32], founded in 1870[33]. It is on the body of water Arctic Ocean[6].

Physical Characteristics

Queen Elizabeth Islands's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+419061'}[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2616'}[35].

Designation and Status

Queen Elizabeth Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[8].

History and Context

Elizabeth II is named after Queen Elizabeth Islands[9].

Why It Matters

Queen Elizabeth Islands ranks in the top 9% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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