Victoria Island

:This article is about Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic. For the island of the same name in Lagos, Nigeria, see Victoria Island. For the Malaysian island in the South China Sea formerly called Victoria Island, see Labuan.

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Victoria Island - Labuan

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Victoria Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of the largest islands of the world, and at 217,291 square kilometers is Canada's second largest island, double the size of Newfoundland. The western third of the island belongs to the Northwest Territories Inuvik Region and the remainder is part of Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region. Melville Sound lies to the north, and the Clintock Channel and Victoria Strait lie eastward. The Northwest Territories continue on the mainland to the South across Pease Strait. On the West are Amundsen Gulf and Banks Island.

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Canadian arctic islands - Nunavut - Northwest Territories - Canada - One of the largest - Islands of the world - Newfoundland - Inuvik Region - Kitikmeot Region - Melville Sound - Clintock Channel - Victoria Strait - Pease Strait - Amundsen Gulf - Banks Island

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The population of the island is 1,707; 1,309 in the Nunavut part and 398 in the Northwest Territories portion (2001). The largest settlement, Cambridge Bay, lies on the southeast coast. Holman is on the west coast.

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2001 - Cambridge Bay - Holman

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