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Victoria Island

Victoria Island is one of the largest islands of the world. It is partly located in Nunavut in the Arctic Sea[?] and is one of the Canadian Arctic Islands. To the North lies Melville Sound[?]. Eastwards are Clintock Channel[?] and Victoria Strait[?]. The Northwest Territories on the mainland lie to the South across Pease Strait[?]. On the West are Amundsen Gulf[?] and Banks Island.

The settlement of Cambridge Bay[?] lies on the southeast coast. Holman[?] is on the west coast.

Roughly the eastern two-thirds of the Island are located in Nunavut, the western part is in the Northwest Territories.

Mercator projection: Online Map Creation (http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro)



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