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The archipelago extends some longitudinally and from the mainland to Cape Columbia , the northernmost point on Ellesmere Island . It is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea ; on the north by the Arctic Ocean ; on the east by Greenland , Baffin Bay and Davis Strait ; and on the south by Hudson Bay and the Canadian mainland. The various islands are separated from each other and the continental mainland by a series of waterways collectively known as the Northwestern Passages . Two large Peninsula s, Boothia and Melville , extend northward from the mainland. The archipelago contains 94 major islands (greater than ), including three of the World's Ten Largest Islands , and 36,469 minor islands. The sizeable islands of the archipelago (over , in order of descending size) are: After Greenland, the archipelago is the world’s largest high-Arctic land area. The climate of the islands is Arctic , and the terrain consists of Tundra except in mountainous areas. Most of the islands are uninhabited; human settlement is extremely thin and scattered, being mainly coastal Inuit settlements on the southern islands. British claims on the islands were based on the explorations in the ] Disagreement over the passages' status has raised Canadian concerns about environmental enforcement, national security, and general sovereignty. Hans Island , in the Nares Strait east of Ellesmere Island, is a territory currently contested between Canada and Denmark . MAP WITH LINKS TO ISLANDS REFERENCES Marsh, James H., ed. 1988. " Arctic Archipelago " '' The Canadian Encyclopedia ''. Toronto: Hurtig Publishers. SEE ALSO |
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