Kilian Island
Geography | |
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Location | Parry Channel |
Coordinates | 73°35′N 107°53′W / 73.583°N 107.883°W |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Kilian IslandVictoria Island.
It is named for Bernhard Kilian, chief engineer of the Polar Bear who tried to salvage the burning ship Elvira[3] in September 1913 when the two schooners (the Polar Bear and the Elvira) were frozen in the ice of the Beaufort Sea, along with two ships belonging to Rudolph Martin Anderson's southern team of the Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916.
References
- Polar Bear Voyage, 1913-14 [1]
External links
- Kilian Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada