Gateshead Island is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located in M'Clintock Channel, the area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km2 (85 sq mi).[1] It is an important polar bear denning area.[2]
This is a different Gateshead Island than the one visited by Richard Collinson, commanding HMS Enterprise, while searching for John Franklin.[3]
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- ^ Gateshead Island at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
- ^ Polar Bear Denning Area at Gateshead Island, Northwest Territories
- ^ Barr, William (2007-06-01). "Chapter 13. Results and Reactions, Then and Later". Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-1855. The University of Alberta Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-88864-472-5.
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