Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)
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Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. It lies to the west of Devon Island, the largest u
NASA Landsat photo of Cornwallis Island
Resolute area, 2004
Cornwallis Island in its entirety is an exposure of Paleozoic rocks. Specimen seen in the display at the Hamlet office, Resolute Bay
Beechey Island
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Beechey Island is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait. Other features incl
Beechey Island in relation to Cornwallis Island, Devon Island and Somerset Island
Beechey Island Harbour viewed from northwest summit of Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, 2017
(L-R) Three graves from the lost 1845 Franklin Expedition, and a fourth from a later Franklin search expedition, 2015
(L-R) The Franklin Camp graves of John Torrington, William Braine, John Hartnell and Thomas Morgan, 2015