Russell Island (Nunavut)

For the Australian Island, see Russell Island (Queensland).

Russell Island

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Geography
Location	Parry Channel
Coordinates
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area
Highest elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Country
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The island is longer than it is wide. The western third of the island is separated from the other two thirds by a narrow lake and its outlet. At the northern end of the lake there is an isthmus just 1.1 km (0.68 mi) wide and this joins the two parts of the island. With a total area of 940 km² (360 sq mi), it is the largest island offshore of Prince of Wales Island.

William Edward Parry was the first European to sight the island in 1819.

Another, much smaller Russell Island lies off the northwest tip of Devon Island. A third one lies in the West Foxe Islands, in Hudson Strait, southwest of Alareak Island.

Further reading

• Green, David E. C.; The Late Quaternary History of Russell Island, N.W.T., Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988, ISBN 0-315-32564-X

External links

• Russell Island (Nunavut) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
• Russell Island (Nunavut) (off Devon Island) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
• Russell Island (Nunavut) (West Foxe Islands) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada