Beechey Island
Beechey Island is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait. Other features include Wellington Channel, Erebus Harbour, and Terror Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Beechey Island
- Type: Island
- Description: Island and Franklin archaeological site in Nunavut, in the Canadian High Arctic
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Beechey Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ծովափնյա կղզի”
- Asturian: “islla Beechey”
- Asturian: “Islla Beechey”
- Basque: “Beechey uhartea”
- Catalan: “illa Beechey”
- Catalan: “illa de Beechey”
- Catalan: “Illa de Beechey”
- Cebuano: “Beechey Island”
- Dutch: “Beechey Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيتشى ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيتشى”
- Esperanto: “Beechey-insulo”
- French: “île Beechey”
- French: “Île Beechey”
- German: “Beechey Island”
- Italian: “isola di Beechey”
- Italian: “Isola di Beechey”
- Japanese: “ビーチー島”
- Malayalam: “ബീച്ചെ ദ്വീപ്”
- Russian: “Бичи”
- Spanish: “Isla Beechey”
- Swedish: “Beechey”
- Turkish: “Beechey Adası”
- Turkish: “Beechey Island”
- Ukrainian: “Бічі”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Beechey”
- Welsh: “Ynys Beechey”
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