Victoria Island
island in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada
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Summary
Victoria Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,238 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nunavut[3], Northwest Territories[4]
- Country: Canada[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Arctic Ocean[6]
- Continent: North America[7]
- Capital: Cambridge Bay[8]
- Named after: Victoria[9]
- Part of: Canadian Arctic Archipelago[10]
- Commons category: Victoria Island, Canada[11]
- Has part(s): Natkusiak Peninsula[12], Wollaston Peninsula[13], Prince Albert Peninsula[14], Diamond Jenness Peninsula[15], Storkerson Peninsula[16], Collinson Peninsula[17]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1826[18]
- Located in/on physical feature: Canadian Arctic Archipelago[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Victoria Island (Canada)[20]
- Population: 1875[21]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Native label: Kitlineq[27]
- Different from: Victoria Island[28]
- Length: 700 km[29]
- Elevation above sea level: 655 m[30]
- Area: 217,291 km²[31]
- Width: 625 km[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Why It Matters
Victoria Island has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]