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Prince of Wales Island

Prince of Wales Island is an Arctic island in , Canada. This uninhabited island is one of the larger members of the , it lies between and and is south of the .
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Prince of Wales Island

Latitude
72.703° or 72° 42′ 11″ north
Longitude
-99.04592° or 99° 2′ 45″ west
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
C642PX33+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2159321481
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6113390
Wiki­data ID
Q207925
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Prince of Wales Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Prins van Wallis-eiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة أمير ويلز”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uels Şahzadəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Уэльс принцы утрауы”
  • Basque: “Galesko Printzearen uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Прынца Ўэйлскага”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Прынца Уэльскага”
  • Bulgarian: “Принц на Уелс”
  • Bulgarian: “Принц Уелски”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep de Gal.les”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep de Gal•les”
  • Catalan: “illa del Príncep de Gal·les”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep de Gaŀles”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep de Gal·les”
  • Cebuano: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Chinese: “威尔士亲王岛”
  • Chinese: “威爾士親王島”
  • Chinese: “威爾斯親王島”
  • Croatian: “Prince of Wales (otok)”
  • Croatian: “Prince of Wales”
  • Czech: “ostrov prince Waleského”
  • Czech: “Ostrov prince Waleského”
  • Dutch: “Prins van Wales-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Prins van Waleseiland”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de Princo de Kimrio”
  • Estonian: “Kingailaq”
  • Estonian: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Estonian: “Walesi Printsi saar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Finnish: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Finnish: “Walesin prinssin saari”
  • French: “Ile du Prince-de-Galles”
  • French: “île du Prince-de-Galles”
  • French: “Île du Prince-de-Galles”
  • French: “Île Prince-de-Galles”
  • Galician: “Illa do Príncipe de Gales, Canadá”
  • Galician: “Illa Príncipe de Gales”
  • Georgian: “პრინც უელსის კუნძული”
  • Georgian: “უელსის პრინცის კუნძული”
  • German: “Prince-of-Wales-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Πρίγκιπα Ουαλίας”
  • Greek: “Πρίγκηπας Ουαλίας”
  • Hebrew: “אי הנסיך מוויילס”
  • Hebrew: “אי הנסיך מווילס”
  • Hungarian: “Prince of Wales-sziget”
  • Irish: “Oileán Prionsa na Breataine Bige”
  • Italian: “Isola Principe del Galles”
  • Italian: “Isola Principe di Galles”
  • Japanese: “プリンスオブウェールズ島”
  • Kalaallisut: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Kazakh: “Уэльс ханзадасының аралы (Канада)”
  • Kazakh: “Уэльс ханзадасының аралы”
  • Korean: “프린스오브웨일스섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Principis Cambriae (Nunavut)”
  • Latin: “Insula Principis Cambriae”
  • Latvian: “Velsas Prinča sala (Kanāda)”
  • Latvian: “Velsas Prinča sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Velso Princo sala”
  • Macedonian: “Принц од Велс”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രിൻസ് ഓഫ് വെയിത്സ് ദ്വീപ് (നുനാവട്)”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രിൻസ് ഓഫ് വെയിത്സ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prince of Wales-øya”
  • Persian: “جزیره پرینس ولز”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Księcia Walii”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Príncipe de Gales”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Príncipe de Gales”
  • Romanian: “Insula Prince of Wales, Canada”
  • Romanian: “Insula Prince of Wales”
  • Russian: “Остров Принца Уэльского”
  • Serbian: “Princ od Velsa”
  • Serbian: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Serbian: “Острво Принц од Велса”
  • Serbian: “Принц од Велса (острво, Нунавут)”
  • Serbian: “Принц од Велса”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov princa Waleského”
  • Slovenian: “Otok waleškega princa”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Principe de Gales”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Príncipe de Gales”
  • Swahili: “Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)”
  • Swahili: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Swedish: “Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut”
  • Swedish: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Tatar: “Велс шаһзадәсе утравы”
  • Thai: “เกาะพรินซ์ออฟเวลส์”
  • Turkish: “Galler Prensi Adası”
  • Turkish: “Prince of Wales Adası”
  • Turkish: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Принца Уельського”
  • Ukrainian: “Уельського Принца острів”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ پرنس آف ویلز”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Công tước xứ Gan”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Công tước xứ Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Hoàng tử xứ Gan”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Hoàng tử xứ Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Prince of Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Prince of Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Thân vương xứ Gan”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Thân vương xứ Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prince of Wales Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Prinsipe han Wales”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Prince of Wales”
  • Wu Chinese: “威尔士亲王岛 (加拿大)”
  • Wu Chinese: “威尔士亲王岛（加拿大）”
  • Yue Chinese: “威爾斯親王島”

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