The Queen Elizabeth Islands (French: Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth; formerly Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago) are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada.
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... there are 34 larger and 2,092 smaller islands in the archipelago ... With the exception of Ellesmere Island, they fall into two groups, the Sverdrup Islands and the Parry Islands Island sub- group Territory Peak Height m Height ft Area km² Area sq mi Rank Canada ... Queen Elizabeth NU/NT Barbeau Peak 2,616 8,583 419,061 161,800.. ...
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