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King William Island (previously: King William Land; Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and forms part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In area it is between 〔(King William Island ) at the Atlas of Canada〕 and 〔(Other Arctic Islands ), ''Atlas of Canada''〕 making it the 61st-largest island in the world and Canada's 15th-largest island. Its population, as of the 2011 census, was 1,279,〔(2011 census )〕 all of whom live in the island's only community, Gjoa Haven.〔The surrounding Census Subdivision, (Kitikmeot, Unorganized ) which includes the rest of King William Island, has a population of 0.〕 The island is separated from the Boothia Peninsula by the James Ross Strait to the northeast, and the Rae Strait to the east. To the west is the Victoria Strait and beyond it Victoria Island. Within the Simpson Strait, to the south of the island, is Todd Island, and beyond it, further to the south, is the Adelaide Peninsula. Queen Maud Gulf lies to the southwest. Some places on the coast are: (counterclockwise from the northern tip) Cape Felix, Victory Point and Gore Point at the mouth of an inlet, Point Le Vesconte, Erebus Bay, Cape Crozier, (south side) Terror Bay, Irving Islands, Washington Bay, Cape Herschel, Gladman Point, entrance to Simpson Strait, Todd Islets, (east side) Gjoa Haven, Matheson Peninsula, Latrobe Bay, Cape Norton at mouth of Peel Inlet, Matty Island, Tennent Islands, Clarence Islands, Cape Felix.〔Page 2 fig. 1 in Keenleyside, A., M. Bertulli, and H. C. Fricke. 1997. "(The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence )". ''Arctic''. 50, no. 1: 36.〕 The island is known for its large populations of caribou, which summer there before migrating in the autumn by walking south over the sea ice. While searching for the Northwest Passage, a number of polar explorers visited, or spent their winters on, King William Island. ==Role in Arctic exploration== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King William Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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