King William Island
King William Island is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, which is part of the Arctic Archipelago. In area it is 13,174.63 km2 making it the 60th-largest island in the world and Canada's 15th-largest island.- Island
- …has about 1,060 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (450 feet)
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
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Latitude
69.1381° or 69° 8′ 17″ north
Longitude
-97.43535° or 97° 26′ 7″ west
Open location code
96X44HQ7+6V
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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 Rei Guillem”
- Cebuano: “King William Island”
- Chinese: “威廉王岛”
- Chinese: “威廉王島”
- Czech: “Ostrov krále Viléma”
- Czech: “ostrov krále Williama”
- Danish: “King Williams land”
- Dutch: “King William Island”
- Dutch: “Koning Willem-eiland”
- 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: “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”
- 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”
- 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: “Кінг-Уїльям”
- 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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