Stefansson Island

{{Short description|Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Stefansson Island | image_name = StefanssonIslandCloseup.png | image_caption = Stefansson Island and surrounding area | image_size = | map_image = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Viscount Melville Sound]] | coordinates = {{coord|73|20|N|105|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:2500000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb |id=OAPQG|name=Stefansson Island}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Stefansson Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 4463 | area_footnotes = <ref name="CANE"/>

| highest_mount = unnamed | elevation_m = 256 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="CANE"/>

| 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]] | population = 0 | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = }}

'''Stefansson Island''' is an uninhabited island in the [[Arctic Archipelago]] in the [[Kitikmeot Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. It has a total area of {{convert|4463|km2|abbr=on}}, making it the [[List of islands by area|128th largest island in the world]], and [[List of Canadian islands by area|Canada's 27th largest island]]. The island is located in [[Viscount Melville Sound]], with [[M'Clintock Channel]] to the east. It lies just off [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island's]] Storkerson Peninsula, separated by the [[Goldsmith Channel]]. Stefansson Island's highest mount is {{convert|256|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="CANE">[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stefansson-island Stefansson Island] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]</ref> A weather station, at {{coord|73|45|56|N|105|17|44|W|region:CA-NU_type:landmark_source:https://climate.weather.gc.ca|name=Stefansson Island}}, is located on the northern part of the island as part of an automated weather station array operated by [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] in the Arctic.<ref>[https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/polar-continental-shelf-program-projects/10009 Polar Continental Shelf Program Projects]</ref> The first European sighting of the island was in 1917 by Storker T. Storkerson who was travelling with Canadian explorer [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]] (1879-1962), for whom the island was named.<ref name=Mills>{{cite book | last = Mills | first = William James | title = Exploring polar frontiers: a historical encyclopedia | publisher = ABC-CLIO | year = 2003 | location = Santa Barbara | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&q=Exploring+polar+frontiers}}</ref>

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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * Fyles, J. G. ''Surficial Geology of Victoria and Stefansson Islands, District of Franklin''. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printr, 1963. {{refend}}

[[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Kitikmeot Region]]