Buckingham Island

Buckingham Iceland is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut, Canada.

Geography

The island is located in the Norwegian Bay southwest of the larger island of Graham Iceland, from which it is separated by a at the narrowest point 4 km wide channel. The distance to the south-southeast island located North Kent Iceland is 38 km, the island lying to the north-west Cornwall Iceland 60 km away. Buckingham Iceland is oval in shape without conspicuous cape. The land rises gently from the shores to the centrally located, 150 meters high Mount Windsor. Buckingham Iceland is about 15 km long and 11 km wide. The island has an area of ​​137 km ².

Buckingham Iceland is known for appearing herein phenomenon of solifluction, which was first described in 1855.

History

The island was discovered in June 1852 by an expedition searching for the missing John Franklin, which was under the command of Edward Belcher. He named it after the royal Buckingham Palace in London, its highest point to Windsor Castle.

1900, the island of Otto Sverdrup's Norwegian Second Fram Expedition ( 1898-1902 ) was explored and mapped.