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HANS ISLAND [1 record]

Record 1 2007-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

Coordinates: 80°49’ 66°37’ (Nunavut).

OBS

It was discovered and named on August 29, 1871, by an American, Charles Francis Hall, as his ship, Polaris, was northward bound in Kennedy Channel. Hall named the island for Hans Hendrik, a Greenlandic Inuit member of his expedition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Coordonnées : 80°49' 66°37' (Nunavut).

OBS

Dans un texte suivi, l'emploi de la minuscule au générique est de rigueur; dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou sur un panneau de signalisation, le générique prend la majuscule.

OBS

Petite île inhabitée située au sud du 81e parallèle, dans le passage Kennedy, [...] entre l'île d'Ellesmere et le Groenland. Elle est le seul territoire revendiqué par le Canada qui fait toujours l'objet de contentieux.

Spanish

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