Pulau Banks
Penampilan
- Rencana ini mengenai pulau di Kepulauan Artik Kanada. Untuk pulau di British Colombia, sila lihat Pulau Banks (British Colombia).
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Geography | |
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Location | Laut Beaufort |
Coordinates | 73°00′N 121°30′W / 73.000°N 121.500°WKoordinat: 73°00′N 121°30′W / 73.000°N 121.500°W |
Archipelago | Kepulauan Artik Kanada |
Area | 70,028 km2 (27,038 bt2) |
Area rank | ke-24 |
Length | 380 km (236 mi) |
Width | 290 km (180 mi) |
Highest elevation | 730 m (2,400 ft) |
Administration | |
Kanada | |
Demographics | |
Population | 136 |
Pop. density | 0.0016 /km2 (0.0041 /sq mi) |
Pulau Banks (ڤولاو بنكس) merupakan sebuah pulau yang terdapat di Kawasan Inuvik dekat Wilayah Barat Laut, Kanada. Pulau yang sebahagian daripada Kepulauan Artik Kanada ini dipisahkan dari Pulau Victoria oleh Selat Prince of Wales di timur dan tanah besar Kanada oleh Teluk Amundsen di selatan. Di sebelah barat Pulau Banks terdapat Laut Beaufort. Pulau ini juga dipisahkan dari Pulau Prince Patrick dan Pulau Melville oleh Selat McClure di utara.
Bacaan lanjut
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Canada. Banks Island, a Natural Area of Canadian Significance. Natural area of Canadian significance. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 1978.
- Cotter, R. C., and J. E. Hines. 2001. "Breeding Biology of Brant on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada". Arctic. 54: 357-366.
- Gajewski, K, R Mott, J Ritchie, and K Hadden. 2000. "Holocene Vegetation History of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada". Canadian Journal of Botany. 78: 430-436.
- Holyoak, D. T. Notes on the Birds of Southwestern Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol.103,No.2, June. 1983.
- Manning, T. H., E. O. Höhn, and A. H. Macpherson. The Birds of Banks Island. 1956.
- Stephens, L. E., L. W. Sobczak, and E. S. Wainwright. Gravity Measurements on Banks Island, N.W.T. Gravity map series, no. 150. Ottawa: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, Earth Physics Branch, 1972.
- Stephenson, S.A. 2010. Fishes of the Thomsen River, Banks Island, Northwest Territories. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2944: vi + 44 p.
- Struzik, Ed. 2000. "AND THEN THERE WERE 84,000 - The Return of Musk-Oxen to Canada's Banks Island in Recent Decades Is Just One Chapter of a Beguiling Arctic Mystery". International Wildlife. 30, no. 1: 28.
- Will, Richard T. Utilization of Banks Island Muskoxen by Nineteenth Century Copper Inuit. [S.l.]: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, 1983.
Pautan luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Tempat-tempat bersejarah Laluan Barat Laut
- Carta Laluan Barat Laut Diarkibkan 2007-03-03 di Wayback Machine
- Pulau Banks - civilization.ca