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Arctic Archipelago

The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding , and .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: archipelago in northern North America
  • Also known as: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”

Arctic Archipelago

Latitude
75.00018° or 75° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-90.00704° or 90° 0′ 25″ west
Elevation
297 metres (974 feet)
Open location code
C67F2X2V+35
Geo­Names ID
9062327
Wiki­data ID
Q85377
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Satellite Map

Discover Arctic Archipelago from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Arctic Archipelago” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanadese Arktiese Argipel”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل القطب الشمالي الكندي”
  • Armenian: “Կանադական արկտիկ արշիպելագ”
  • Armenian: “Կանադական Արկտիկական կղզեխումբ”
  • Asturian: “Archipiélagu Árticu Canadianu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kanada Arktik arxipelaqı”
  • Bashkir: “Канаданың Арктика архипелагы”
  • Basque: “Kanadako Uhartedi Artikoa”
  • Basque: “Uhartedi Artikoa”
  • Belarusian: “Канадзкі Арктычны архіпэляг”
  • Belarusian: “Канадскі Арктычны архіпелаг”
  • Bulgarian: “Канадски арктичен архипелаг”
  • Bulgarian: “Канадския арктичен архипелаг”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag Àrtic Canadenc”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag àrtic del Canadà”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag àrtic”
  • Catalan: “Illes Àrtiques Canadenques”
  • Catalan: “Illes àrtiques del Canadà”
  • Catalan: “Illes Àrtiques”
  • Cebuano: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Chinese: “北极群岛”
  • Chinese: “北極群島”
  • Croatian: “Kanadsko arktičko otočje”
  • Czech: “Kanadské arktické ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Kanadské arktické souostroví”
  • Danish: “Canadiske arktiske øhav”
  • Dutch: “Arctische Archipel”
  • Dutch: “Arctische Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Canadese Arctische Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Esperanto: “Kanada arkta insularo”
  • Esperanto: “Kanada arkto”
  • Estonian: “Arktika saarestik”
  • Estonian: “Kanada Arktika saared”
  • Estonian: “Kanada Arktika saarestik”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Finnish: “Arktiset saaret”
  • Finnish: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Finnish: “Kanadan Arktinen saaristo”
  • Finnish: “Kanadan arktiset saaret”
  • French: “archipel arctique canadien”
  • French: “Archipel arctique canadien”
  • French: “Archipel arctique”
  • French: “Archipel Arctique”
  • French: “Arctique canadien”
  • French: “Îles arctiques canadiennes”
  • Galician: “Arquipélago ártico canadense”
  • Galician: “Illas Árticas do Canadá”
  • Georgian: “კანადის არქტიკული არქიპელაგი”
  • German: “kanadisch-arktische Inseln”
  • German: “kanadisch-arktischer Archipel”
  • German: “Kanadisch-arktischer Archipel”
  • German: “kanadischer Archipel”
  • Greek: “Καναδικό Αρκτικό Αρχιπέλαγος”
  • Hebrew: “הארכיפלג הארקטי הקנדי”
  • Hebrew: “הארכיפלג הארקטי”
  • Hebrew: “הארכיפלג הקנדי הארקטי”
  • Hindi: “आर्कटिक द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Kanadai északi sarkvidéki szigetek”
  • Hungarian: “Kanadai sarkvidéki szigetcsoport”
  • Icelandic: “Kanadíski eyjaklasinn”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Arktik”
  • Irish: “oileánra Artach Cheanada”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago artico canadese”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago artico”
  • Italian: “Isole artiche canadesi”
  • Japanese: “北極諸島”
  • Kazakh: “Kanadalıq Arktïkalıq toparal”
  • Kazakh: “Канада-арктикалық топарлары”
  • Kazakh: “Канадалық Арктикалық топарал”
  • Kazakh: “كانادالىق اركتىيكالىق توپارال”
  • Kirghiz: “Канадалык Арктика архипелагы”
  • Korean: “북극 제도”
  • Korean: “북극해 제도”
  • Latin: “Archipelagus Arcticus”
  • Latvian: “Kanādas Arktiskais arhipelāgs”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanados Arktinis salynas”
  • Low German: “Kanaadsch-arktisch Archipel”
  • Macedonian: “Канадски Арктички Архипелаг”
  • Macedonian: “Канадски Архипелаг”
  • Malayalam: “കനേഡിയൻ ആർട്ടിക് ദ്വീപസമൂഹം”
  • Manx: “Ellanragh Arctagh ny Canadey”
  • Manx: “Ellanragh Arctagh y Chanadey”
  • Manx: “yn Ellanragh Arctagh”
  • Manx: “Yn Ellanragh Arctagh”
  • Mingrelian: “კანადაშ არქტიკული არქიპელაგი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kanaadsk Arktisk Archipeel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det kanadiske polararkipelet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det kanadiske polararkipelet”
  • Norwegian: “Det kanadiske polararkipelet”
  • Persian: “مجمع الجزایر قطبی کانادا”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر شمالگانی”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر قطبی کانادا”
  • Polish: “Archipelag Arktyczny”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago Árctico Canadiano”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago ártico canadense”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago Ártico Canadiano”
  • Portuguese: “Ártico Canadense”
  • Romanian: “Arhipelagul Arctic Canadian”
  • Russian: “Канадский Арктический архипелаг”
  • Russian: “Канадский архипелаг”
  • Scots: “Canadian Arctic Airchipelago”
  • Serbian: “Kanadski arktički arhipelag”
  • Serbian: “Арктички архипелаг”
  • Serbian: “Канадски арктички архипелаг”
  • Serbian: “Канадски Арктички архипелаг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kanadski arktički arhipelag”
  • Slovak: “Arktické ostrovy”
  • Slovak: “Franklinove ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Kanadsko arktično otočje”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago artico canadiense”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago ártico canadiense”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago artico canadiense”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago Ártico Canadiense”
  • Spanish: “Islas Articas Canadienses”
  • Spanish: “Islas Árticas Canadienses”
  • Spanish: “Islas Articas de Canada”
  • Spanish: “Islas Articas de Canadá”
  • Spanish: “Islas Árticas de Canada”
  • Spanish: “Islas Árticas de Canadá”
  • Spanish: “Islas articas”
  • Spanish: “Islas Árticas”
  • Swahili: “Funguvisiwa la Aktiki”
  • Swedish: “Canadas arktiska öar”
  • Swedish: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Swedish: “Kanadas arktiska öar”
  • Swiss German: “Kanadisch-arktische Archipel”
  • Tajik: “Галаҷазираи Қутбии Канада”
  • Tajik: “Галаҷазираи Қутбии Конодо”
  • Tamil: “கனடிய ஆர்க்டிக்குத் தீவுக்கூட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Канада Арктика архипелагы”
  • Thai: “Arctic Archipelago”
  • Thai: “Canadian Arctic Archipelago”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มเกาะอาร์กติก”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มเกาะอาร์กติกแคนาดา”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะอาร์กติกแคนาดา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanadisch-arktischer Archipel”
  • Turkish: “Kanada Arktik Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Канадський Арктичний архіпелаг”
  • Urdu: “کینیڈین قطب شمالی مجموعہ الجزائر”
  • Uzbek: “Kanada arktika arxipelagi”
  • Uzbek: “Kanada Arktika arxipelagi”
  • Uzbek: “Kanada Arktika Arxipelagi”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bắc Cực Canada”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bắc Cực thuộc Canada”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bắc Cực”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Artiko han Canada”
  • Western Frisian: “Kanadeeske Arktyske eilannen”
  • Western Frisian: “Kanadeeske Arktyske Eilannen”
  • Western Panjabi: “کینیڈا قطب شمالی مجموعہ الجزائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “北极群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “北極群島”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Drover Lake.

Nunavut: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Iqaluit, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Cambridge Bay, and Rankin Inlet.

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