Mackenzie King Island

Infobox Islands
name = Mackenzie King Island

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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|5048|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Mackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided. Most of the island is in Northwest Territories, while a few of its easternmost extremities lie in Nunavut.

Mackenzie King has an area of convert|5048|km2|sqmi|abbr=on, making it the 115th largest island in the world, and Canada's 26th largest island.

History

The low-lying island was reached by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and later named for William Lyon Mackenzie King. [cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b11f5b30-7d32-44e6-b23c-a24561c1eaf5&Language=E&Section=PrimeMinister |title=King, The Right Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie |accessdate=2008-05-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=parl.gc.ca]

References

Further reading

* Vilks, G. "Foraminiferal Study of East Bay, Mackenzie King Island, District of Franklin (Polar Continental Shelf Project)". [Ottawa] : Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1964.