Pim Island

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Pim Island
File:Pim Island Arctica.jpg
2005 photo of Pim Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
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Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Plaque on Pim Island to the memory of dead men from the expedition of Adolphus Greely. Photograped in 2005

Pim Island (previously Bedford Pim Island)[1] is located off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Located within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

Pim Island is separated from Ellesmere Island by Rice Strait, the waterway that connects Rosse Bay to the north and Buchanan Strait to the south.[2] Nares Strait is to the east. Pim Island is 6 km. from Cocked Hat Island.

History

The Adolphus Greely expedition wintered at Camp Clay in 1883,[3] and in 1884, Cape Sabine was the rescue site for Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.[4] The island is named in honour of naval officer and barrister Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim of the HMS Resolute.

References

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