Hoved Island

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name = Hoved Island


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
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country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Hoved Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island is located between the Svendsen and Bjorne peninsulas, and within the Baumann Fiord of Ellesmere Island, considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. [cite journal |url=http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp/rppdf/e03-082.pdf |title=Late Wisconsinan buildup and wastage of the Innuitian Ice Sheet across southern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut |accessdate=2008-04-30 |last=England |first=J. H. |coauthors=Atkinson, N., Dyke, A. S., Evans, D. J. A., & Zreda, M. |date=2004 |title=Late Wisconsinan buildup and wastage of the Innuitian Ice Sheet across southern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=41 |pages=39-61 |oclc=194498471] It comprises an area of convert|158|km2|sqmi. [cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html |title=Queen Elizabeth Islands |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2008-03-19 |publisher=nrcan.gc.ca]

Hoved Island was first charted and named ("hoved", Norwegian for "main") by the second Norwegian expedition of the "Fram" (1898—1902) under Capt. Otto Sverdrup. [cite web |url=http://www.fram.nl/faq/name/polarship.htm |title=The Polarship "Fram" |accessdate=2008-04-30 |publisher=fram.nl]

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