Peta proyeksi kutub Kepulauan Arktik
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| Geografi | |
| Lokasi | Kanada Utara |
| Koordinat | 75°N 90°W / 75°N 90°W |
| Jumlah pulau | 36,563 |
| Pulau besar | Pulau Baffin , Pulau Victoria , Pulau Ellesmere |
| Luas | 1407770 [ 1 ] km 2 |
| Pemerintahan | |
| Negara | Kanada |
| Teritorial dan Provinsi |
Nunavut
Northwest Territories Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Kota terbesar | Iqaluit , Nunavut (6.184 jiwa) |
| Kependudukan | |
| Penduduk | 14.000 jiwa |
| Kepadatan | 0.0098 jiwa/km 2 |
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Kepulauan Arktik , juga dikenal sebagai Kepulauan Arktik Kanada , adalah sekelompok pulau yang berada di utara daratan utama Kanada kecuali Greenland (teritorial otonomi Denmark ). Terletak di ujung utara Amerika Utara dan memiliki luas sekitar 1.424.500 km 2 (550.000 sq mi), kepulauan tersebut terdiri dari 36.563 pulau di yang meliputi sebagian besar teritorial Kanada Utara – sebagian besar Nunavut dan sebagian kecil Northwest Territories . [ 2 ] Kepulauan Arktik Kanada menunjukkan beberapa , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] dengan beberapa komputer memperkirakan pencairan disana akan membuat sampai 35 cm (14 in) pada 2100. [ 5 ]
Referensi
- ^ "Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands" . Atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. 2009-08-12. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2013-01-22 . Diakses tanggal 2019-05-12 .
- ^ Marsh, James H., ed. 1988. " Arctic Archipelago Diarsipkan 2018-09-12 di Wayback Machine ." The Canadian Encyclopedia . Toronto: Hurtig Publishers.
- ^ Thinning of the Arctic Sea-Ice Cover
- ^ Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
- ^ Wayman, Erin. "Canada's ice shrinking rapidly" . .
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