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Banks Island

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Banks Island

Westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago, in the western Northwest Territories, Canada; area 70,028 sq km/27,038 sq mi. It is largely a hilly Arctic plateau with high cliffs on several shores, and rises to 730 m/2,400 ft. Arctic fox, caribou, bears, wolves, other fur animals, and many bird species abound; there are two bird sanctuaries.

The island was formerly inhabited by Inuit; today, at Sachs Harbour (population (2006) 114) on the southwest coast, servicing an airfield, oil exploration, and trapping are the main occupations.



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The convergence point marking the plume centre for this event is located north or northwest of Banks Island.
Igneous rock associations in Canada 3. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) ... by Buchan, K.L. / Geoscience Canada
Sachs Harbour, on Banks Island, above the Arctic Circle, is sinking into the permafrost.
Arctic Heat Wave by Reilly, Robert T. / The Progressive
The ferry M/V Carteret, which makes a passage of more than two hours between the Outer Banks island of Ocracoke and the mainland town of Cedar Island to the southwest, began monitoring water quality the next winter, in February.
SOUND SCIENCE by McGovern, Victoria / Environmental Health Perspectives
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