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2005 photo of Pim Island
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 78°44′N 074°25′W / 78.733°N 74.417°W / 78.733; -74.417 (Pim Island) |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
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Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
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Population | Uninhabited |
Pim Island (previously Bedford Pim Island)[1] is an uninhabited island located off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Located within the Arctic Archipelago, it is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
Pim Island is separated from Ellesmere IslandbyRice Strait, the waterway that connects Rosse Bay to the south and Buchanan Bay to the north.[2] Nares Strait is to the east. Pim Island is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Cocked Hat Island.
The Adolphus Greely expedition wintered at Camp Clay in 1883,[3] and in 1884, Cape Sabine was the rescue site for Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.[4] The island is named in honour of naval officer and barrister Bedford PimofHMS Resolute.
cocked-hat rice's strait.
Arctic Cordillera of Canada
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See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region. |
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