{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Islands | name = Porden Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = | coordinates = {{coord|68|13|N|108|37|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|display=inline,title|name=Porden Islands}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | 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 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Kitikmeot Region|Kitikmeot]] | 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 '''Porden Islands'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=68.2166999977&long=-108.616700002&mapxy=-544118.825202+2151522.40042&scale=5000000&feature_na=Porden+Islands&location1=62&unique_key=0c70dd9b849c20c38e0a01c05f8327c5&searchstring=islands&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c70dd9b849c20c38e0a01c05f8327c5%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-544103.008268+2151514.93046+END+TEXT+%22Porden%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-544103.008268+2151514.93046+END+TEXT+%22Porden%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-544103.008268+2151514.93046+END+END |title=Porden Islands |access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=[[Atlas of Canada]]}}</ref> are members of the [[Arctic Archipelago]] in the territory of [[Nunavut]]. They are located in the [[Coronation Gulf]], south of the [[Kent Peninsula]].
They were discovered in 1822 by Arctic explorer [[John Franklin]] and named after [[William Porden]] and his daughter [[Eleanor Anne Porden]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gell|first=Edith Mary|title=John Franklin's Bride|publisher=John Murray|year=1930|isbn=|location=London|pages=68}}</ref> whom he later married.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Islands of the Kitikmeot Region}}
[[Category:Islands of Coronation Gulf]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Kitikmeot Region]]
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