Berkeley Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Berkeley Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Northern Canada]] | coordinates = {{coord|76|43|05|N|100|40|08|W|type:isle_scale:30000_region:CA-NU|display=inline,title|name=Berkeley Islands}} | archipelago = [[Queen Elizabeth Islands]]<br />[[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = Allard Island, Harwood Island, Ricards Island, [[Seymour Island (Nunavut)|Seymour Island]], and Sherard Osborn Island | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}

The '''Berkeley Islands''' (formerly '''Berkeley Group'''<ref>[)http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/94ffb21dc6cd11d892e2080020a0f4c9 Berkeley Islands (formerly Berkeley Group)]</ref> are an uninhabited island group in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[northern Canada]]'s territory of [[Nunavut]]. They are located at the head of [[Young Inlet]] off northern [[Bathurst Island (Canada)|Bathurst Island]].<ref name="oceandots">{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/bathurst.php |title=Bathurst Island |work=oceandots.com |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/bathurst.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> The Berkeley Group is part of the [[Arctic Archipelago]] and is a member of the Parry Islands subgroup. It is composed of the Hosken Islands, Allard Island, Harwood Island, Ricards Island, Seymour Island, and Sherard Osborn Island (the largest).<ref name="gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/1998/1998-04-29/html/si-tr54-eng.html|title=Territorial Lands Act. Withdrawal from Disposal Order (National Park — Bathurst Island, N.W.T.)|date=April 29, 1998|work=Vol. 132, No. 9|publisher=[[Canada Gazette]]|access-date=25 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090442/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/1998/1998-04-29/html/si-tr54-eng.html|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> It is named in honor of [[Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge]], [[Royal Navy]] [[First Sea Lord]].

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080023/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=-122910.44175136%2C3026942.2479324&zoom=8 Berkeley Islands] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

[[Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands]] [[Category:Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]