Home › Entities › island › Devon Island

Devon Island

island in Nunavut, Canada
Landform island Q186841
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Devon Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,757 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nunavut[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Baffin Bay[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Instance of: uninhabited island[7]
  • Part of: Canadian Arctic Archipelago[8]
  • Commons category: Devon Island[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1616[10]
  • Highest point: Devon Ice Cap[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Qikiqtaaluk Region[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Devon Island[13]
  • Population: 0[14]
  • Length: 524 km[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1920 m[16]
  • Area: 55,247 km²[17]

Why It Matters

Devon Island has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Canada

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Devon Island. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/devon-island
MLA “Devon Island.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/devon-island.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_devon-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Devon Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/devon-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Devon Island — https://4ort.xyz/entity/devon-island (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/devon-island · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1242979
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs'
    Sitelink count → 67
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fast id: 1242979, add P2163 claim: 1242979"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "DevonIsland"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "DevonIsland"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.