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Prince of Wales (otok)

Prince of Wales
fra. Île du Prince-de-Galles
Zemljovid otoka
Položaj
Koordinate72°40′N 99°00′W / 72.667°N 99.000°W / 72.667; -99.000
Država
Fizikalne osobine
Površina33339 km2
Najviši vrh424 m
Stanovništvo
Broj stanovnikanenaseljen
Prince of Wales na zemljovidu Kanade
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales na zemljovidu Kanade
Zemljovid

Prince of Wales (fra. Île du Prince-de-Galles) je arktički otok u Nunavutu u Kanadi. Jedan od većih otoka Kanadskog arktičkog otočja, nalazi se između Viktorijinog otoka i otoka Somerset i južno od otoka kraljice Elizabete.

Administrativno je podijeljen na dvije regije, Qikiqtaaluk i Kitikmeot. Na otoku nema stalnih naselja.

Geografija

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NASA satelitska fotomontaža Princ of Walesa i susjednih otoka

To je niski otok prekriven tundrom s nepravilnom obalom duboko razvedenom zaljevom Ommanney na zapadu i zaljevom Browne na istoku. Zaljev Ommanney dobio je ime po admiralu Sir Erasmusu Ommanneyju iz Kraljevske mornarice koji je istraživao to područje u sklopu potrage za ekspedicijom Franklin.

Njegova površina procijenjena je na 33.339 km². Otok Prince of Wales je 40. najveći otok na svijetu i 10. najveći otok u Kanadi. Njegova najviša poznata točka, s nadmorskom visinom od 424 m, je neimenovano mjesto na sjeveroistočnom dijelu otoka (73°48′26″N 97°50′14″W / 73.80722°N 97.83722°W / 73.80722; -97.83722 (Unnamed peak (Prince of Wales Island))),[1] koji gleda na kanal Baring. Taj kanal razvdaja otoke Prince of Wales i Russell.

Povijest

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Polarni medvjed na ledenoj ploči u tjesnacu Franklin istočno od otoka Princa od Walesa u rujnu 2019.

Europljani su otkrili ovaj otok 1851. godine na sanjkama Francisa Leopolda McClintocka tijekom potrage za posljednjom ekspedicijom Johna Franklina.[2] McClintock je zajedno sa Sherardom Osbornom i Williamom Browneom ucrtao sjevernu polovicu otoka. Njegovu južnu polovicu ucrtao je Allen Young 1859.[3] Ime je dobio po Albertu Eduardu, najstarijem sinu kraljice Viktorije, tada desetogodišnjem i princu od Walesa. Kasnije je postao kralj Eduard VII.

Daljnja literatura

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  •  Blackadar, Robert Gordon; ''Precambrian Geology of Boothia Peninsula, Somerset Island, and Prince of Wales Island, District of Franklin'', Ottawa, ON: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1967
  • Christie, Robert Loring; ''Stratigraphic Sections of Palaeozoic Rocks on Prince of Wales and Somerset Island, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories'', Ottawa, ON: Queen's Printer, 1967
  • Dyke, Arthur S.; ''Quaternary Geology of Prince of Wales Island, Arctic Canada'', Ottawa, ON: Geological Survey of Canada, 1992, ISBN 0-660-14408-5
  • Mayr, Ulrich; ''Geology of eastern Prince of Wales Island and adjacent smaller islands, Nunavut (parts of NTS 68D, Baring Channel and 68A, Fisher Lake)'', Ottawa, ON: Geological Survey of Canada, 2004, ISBN 0-660-18804-X

Izvori

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  1. Hardy Dome - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com. Pristupljeno 16. lipnja 2022.
  2. Osborn, Sherard. 1852. Stray leaves from an Arctic journal, or, Eighteen months in the polar regions : in search of Sir John Franklin's expedition, in the years 1850–51. Putnam’s. New York, NY.
  3. Savours, Ann. 1999. The Search for the North West Passage. Palgrave Macmillan. Basingstoke, GB. ISBN 978-0312223724

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