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King William Island

King William Island is an island in the of , which is part of the . In area it is between 12,516 km2 and 13,111 km2 making it the 61st-largest island in the world and Canada's 15th-largest island.
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King William Island

Latitude
69.1381° or 69° 8′ 17″ north
Longitude
-97.43535° or 97° 26′ 7″ west
Population
1,060
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
Open location code
96X44HQ7+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2159318534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5992539
Wiki­data ID
Q143246
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“King William Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Koning-William-eiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الملك وليام”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kral-Vilyam”
  • Basque: “Gilen Erregearen uhartea”
  • Basque: “William erregearen uhartea”
  • Breton: “Enez ar Roue Gwilherm”
  • Bulgarian: “Кинг Уилям”
  • Bulgarian: “Крал Уилям”
  • Catalan: “illa del Rei Guillem”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Rei Guillem”
  • Catalan: “Illa Rei Guillem”
  • Cebuano: “King William Island”
  • Chinese: “威廉王岛”
  • Chinese: “威廉王島”
  • Czech: “ostrov krále Viléma”
  • Czech: “Ostrov krále Viléma”
  • Czech: “ostrov krále Williama”
  • Danish: “King Williams land”
  • Dutch: “King William Island”
  • Dutch: “Koning Willem-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Koning Willemeiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره الملك وليام”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Reĝo Vilhelmo”
  • Estonian: “Kuningas Williami saar”
  • Finnish: “King William Island”
  • Finnish: “Kuningas Williamin saari”
  • French: “Ile du Roi Guilllaume”
  • French: “Ile du Roi-Guillaume”
  • French: “île du Roi-Guillaume”
  • French: “Île du Roi-Guillaume”
  • French: “Île du Roi-William”
  • Galician: “Illa do Rei Guillerme”
  • Galician: “Illa King William”
  • Georgian: “მეფე უილიამის კუნძული”
  • German: “King William Island”
  • German: “King-William-Insel”
  • German: “König-Wilhelm-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Βασιλιά Ουίλιαμ”
  • Hebrew: “אי המלך ויליאם”
  • Hungarian: “Vilmos király sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Vilmos király-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Qikiqtaq”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau King William”
  • Irish: “Oileán Rí Liam”
  • Italian: “Isola di Re Guglielmo”
  • Italian: “Isola di Re William”
  • Italian: “Terra di Re Guglielmo”
  • Japanese: “キングウィリアム島”
  • Korean: “킹윌리엄 섬”
  • Korean: “킹윌리엄섬”
  • Latvian: “Karaļa Viljama sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Karaliaus Vilhelmo sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Karaliaus Viljamo sala”
  • Macedonian: “Крал Вилијам”
  • Malayalam: “കിംഗ് വില്യം ദ്വീപ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “King William Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qikiqtaq”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qikiqtaq”
  • Norwegian: “Qikiqtaq”
  • Persian: “جزیره کینگ ویلیام”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Króla Williama”
  • Polish: “Ziemia Króla Wilhelma”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Rei Guilherme”
  • Romanian: “Insula King William”
  • Russian: “Кинг-Вильям (Кинг-Уильям)”
  • Russian: “Кинг-Вильям”
  • Russian: “Кинг-Уильям”
  • Serbian: “King William Island”
  • Serbian: “Kralj Vilijam”
  • Serbian: “Краљ Вилијам”
  • Serbian: “Острво Краљ Вилијам”
  • Serbian: “Острво Краља Вилијама”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov kráľa Viliama”
  • Slovenian: “Otok kralja Viljema”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Rey Guillermo”
  • Spanish: “Isla King William”
  • Spanish: “Tierra del Rey Guillermo”
  • Spanish: “Tierra del Rey William”
  • Swahili: “King William Island”
  • Swedish: “King William Island”
  • Swedish: “King Williams land”
  • Tatar: “Киң-Вильям”
  • Turkish: “King William Adası”
  • Turkish: “King William Island”
  • Turkish: “Kral William Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінг-Вільям”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінґ-Вільям”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Короля Вільяма”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ کنگ ولیمز”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo King William”
  • Waray (Philippines): “King William Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Hadi William”
  • Welsh: “Ynys King William”

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