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Prince Of Wales Island, Nunavut




Prince of Wales Island is an Arctic island in Nunavut , Canada , lying between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands .

For census purposes it is divided between Qikiqtaaluk and Kitikmeot regions. There are no permanent settlements.

It is a low .

Its European discovery came in 1851 by Francis Leopold McClintock 's sledge parties during the searches for John Franklin 's last expedition.