Gateshead Island
Encyclopedia
Gateshead Island is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region
of Nunavut
, Canada
. Located in M'Clintock Channel
, the area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km² (84.9 sq mi). It is an important polar bear
denning
area.
This is a different Gateshead Island to the one visited by Richard Collinson
, commanding HMS Enterprise
, while searching for John Franklin
.
Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Kitikmeot Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island...
of Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Located in M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel is located in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The channel, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, divides Victoria Island from Prince of Wales Island. This channel is named after Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, in Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, famous for his Canadian Arctic...
, the area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km² (84.9 sq mi). It is an important polar bear
Polar Bear
The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
denning
Lair
Lair may refer to:*An animal's lair or home; see :Category:Shelters built or used by animals*Lair , a 2007 video game*In Scots language, lair refers to a burial-plot in a graveyard...
area.
This is a different Gateshead Island to the one visited by Richard Collinson
Richard Collinson
Sir Richard Collinson was an English naval officer and explorer of the Arctic.He was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, then part of County Durham...
, commanding HMS Enterprise
HMS Enterprise (1848)
HMS Enterprise was an Arctic discovery ship laid down as a merchant vessel and purchased in 1848 before launch to search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She made two Arctic voyages before becoming a coal depot, and was finally sold in 1903...
, while searching for John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...
.
External links
- http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=70.5999999991&long=-100.4333&mapxy=-195764.845551+2360374.00785&scale=5000000&feature_na=Gateshead+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2&searchstring=Gateshead%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DGateshead%2BIsland%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DGateshead%2BIsland%26map_polygonresultzoom0_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom0_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom1_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom1_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom2_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom2_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_data%3Dfap_isl%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_class_expression%3D0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D-196420.295041+2360332.77111Gateshead Island] at the Atlas of CanadaAtlas of CanadaThe Atlas of Canada is an Internet atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada...