Queen Elizabeth Islands

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An archipelago that is a component of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the northern islands north of the Parry Channel (the Straight East-West Northwest Passage), west of the Nares Strait, and bounded on the north and west by the Arctic Ocean.

Related

Similar words

• Parry Islands
• Parry Archipelago

Narrower meaning words

• Parry Islands
• Parry Archipelago
• Sverdrup Islands
• Ellesmere Island group

Broader meaning words

• Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• Arctic
• Canada
• North America
• Americas
• New World
• Western Hemisphere
• Northern Hemisphere

Origin

• queen + Queen Elizabeth + island + islands.
• Named after Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada; renamed in honour of her coronation as Queen (Empress) of the British Empire. The island cluster was formerly the Parry Islands / Parry Archipelago, which subsequently were restricted to referring to the southernmost islands of the island cluster, running along the Parry Channel.