Banks Island
Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago. Situated in the Inuvik Region, and part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, of the Northwest Territories, it is separated from Victoria Island to its east by the Prince of Wales Strait and from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf to its south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Banks Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Banks Island” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Banks-eiland”
- Arabic: “جزيرة بانكس”
- Armenian: “Բանքս”
- Asturian: “Islla de Banks”
- Azerbaijani: “Banks”
- Bashkir: “Банкс”
- Basque: “Banks uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Банкс”
- Belarusian: “Бэнкс”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Банкс”
- Bosnian: “Banks”
- Bosnian: “Ostrvo Banks”
- Breton: “Enez Banks”
- Bulgarian: “Банкс”
- Catalan: “Illa Banks”
- Catalan: “illa de Banks”
- Catalan: “Illa de Banks”
- Cebuano: “Banks Island”
- Chinese: “班克斯岛”
- Chinese: “班克斯島”
- Croatian: “Banksov otok”
- Croatian: “Otok Banks”
- Czech: “Banksův ostrov”
- Danish: “Banks Island”
- Dutch: “Banks Island”
- Dutch: “Bankseiland”
- Esperanto: “Banks-insulo”
- Estonian: “Banksi saar”
- Estonian: “Ikahuk”
- Fiji Hindi: “Banks Island”
- Finnish: “Banksinsaari”
- French: “Ile Banks”
- French: “île Banks”
- French: “Île Banks”
- French: “Ile de Banks”
- French: “Île de Banks”
- French: “Terre de Banks”
- Galician: “Illa de Banks”
- Georgian: “ბანქსი”
- German: “Banks-Insel”
- German: “Banksinsel”
- Greek: “Μπανκς”
- Greek: “Νήσος Μπανκς”
- Hebrew: “בנקס”
- Hungarian: “Banks-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Bankseyja”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Banks”
- Irish: “Oileán Banks”
- Italian: “isola di Banks”
- Italian: “Isola di Banks”
- Japanese: “バンクス島”
- Kazakh: “Банкс”
- Korean: “뱅크스섬”
- Latin: “Insula Banksiana”
- Latvian: “Benksa sala”
- Lithuanian: “Bankso sala”
- Macedonian: “Бенкс”
- Malay: “Pulau Banks”
- Malayalam: “ബാങ്ക്സ് ദ്വീപ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banks Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banksøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Banksøya”
- Norwegian: “Banksøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illa Banks”
- Persian: “جزیره بنکس”
- Polish: “Wyspa Banksa”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Banks”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Banks”
- Romanian: “Insula Banks”
- Russian: “Банкс”
- Russian: “Бэнкс”
- Russian: “Остров Банкс”
- Russian: “Остров Банкса”
- Russian: “Остров Бэнкса”
- Scots: “Banks Island”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Bhanks”
- Serbian: “Banks Island”
- Serbian: “Banks”
- Serbian: “Банкс”
- Serbian: “Бенкс”
- Serbian: “Острво Банкс”
- Serbian: “Острво Бенкс”
- Slovak: “Banksov ostrov”
- Slovenian: “Banksov otok”
- Spanish: “Banks Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Banks”
- Spanish: “Isla de Banks”
- Swahili: “Banks Island”
- Swedish: “Banks Island”
- Swedish: “Banksön”
- Tatar: “Бәңкс (утрау)”
- Tatar: “Бәңкс”
- Thai: “เกาะแบงส์”
- Turkish: “Banks Adası”
- Turkish: “Banks Island”
- Ukrainian: “Банкс”
- Ukrainian: “Бенкс”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ بینکس”
- Vietnamese: “Banks”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Banks”
- Waray (Philippines): “Banks Island”
- Waray (Philippines): “Banks”
- Waray (Philippines): “Isla han Banks”
- Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Banks”
- Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Banks”
- Welsh: “Ynys Banks”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرا بینکس”
- Wu Chinese: “班克斯岛”
- Yue Chinese: “班克斯島”
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