Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Closer look at Prince Patrick Island, showing the Mould Bay weather station

NASA landsat image of Prince Patrick Island

Prince Patrick Island (76°45′0 N°119′30 ) is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The area of the island is 15,848 km² [1], making it the 55th largest island in the world and Canada's 14th largest island. It is icebound all year, making it one of the most inaccessible parts of Canada. Image File history File links Prince_Patrick_Island. ... Image File history File links Prince_Patrick_Island. ... Image File history File links PrincePatrickIslandCloseup. ... Image File history File links PrincePatrickIslandCloseup. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x948, 257 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Prince Patrick Island ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x948, 257 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Prince Patrick Island ... The Queen Elizabeth Islands (formerly known as the Parry Islands) form the northern part of the Canadian arctic islands, lying in Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Canada. ... Motto: none Official languages Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tåîchô [1] Flower Mountain avens Tree Tamarack Bird Gyr Falcon Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Commissioner Tony Whitford Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government (no party affiliations)) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. ... This is a list of Canadian islands, as ordered by area. ...

Located at the entrance of the McClure Strait, Prince Patrick Island is uninhabited and there are no known communities, past or present. A High Arctic Weather Station (H.A.W.S.) called Mould Bay was opened in 1948 as part of a joint Canada-U.S. military effort to support a weather station network. It had a temporary staff of between 10 and 40 people. The station was closed in 1997 owing to budget cuts and replaced with an automated weather station. The buildings still stand. The McClure Strait is a strait in the Arctic Ocean and part of the Northwest Passage. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A technician examines a weather stations anemometer. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Prince Patrick Island was first explored in 1853 and (much later) named for Prince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught, who was Governor General 1911-16. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Dated October 30th, 1869, by Notman His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 - 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the representative of the Canadian Monarch. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The island rises to only about 277 m [2], and the area is seismically active. Seismology (from the Greek seismos = earthquake and logos = word) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. ...

Prince Patrick Island is the setting for a work of fiction, the novel The Lost Ones (1961) by Ian Cameron. It was filmed as the Walt Disney Pictures film Island at the Top of the World in 1970. The novel tells of a lost colony of Vikings living in a lost valley in the island, which, thanks to the volcanos on the island, is warm and habitable. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Walt Disney Pictures logo (2006-present) Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Island at the Top of the World 1974 film stars David Hartman and Donald Sinden who embark upon a journey in a blimp to find a mythic settlement of Vikings still living in a volcanic region at the North Pole. ...

External links

• Prince Patrick Island on the Canada's Arctic website.
• Mould Bay-Eureka-Isachsen-Alert MSN group.