King William Island

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King_William_Island
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:AmundsenWinteredAt gptkb:Gjoa_Haven
gptkbp:area 13111 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Queen_Maud_Gulf
gptkb:Victoria_Strait
gptkb:Rae_Strait
gptkb:Simpson_Strait
gptkbp:climate Arctic tundra
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Gjoa_Haven
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:John_Ross
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1830
gptkbp:historicalSignificance site of Franklin Expedition tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King William Island
gptkbp:inhabitedBy Indigenous people
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Gjoa_Haven
gptkbp:latitude 69.2 N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Kitikmeot_Region
gptkb:Nunavut
gptkbp:longitude 98.5 W
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:King_William_IV
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Qikiqtaq
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Franklin_Expedition
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Canadian_Arctic_Archipelago
gptkbp:population 0
gptkbp:surroundedBy gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Roald_Amundsen
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nunavut
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4