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    King William Island (French: Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land; Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut...
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    of 129 officers and men, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in what is today the Canadian territory of Nunavut. After being icebound...
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  • HMS Erebus have been trapped in ice, 28 miles north-northwest of King William Island, for more than a year. The weather has been much colder than normal...
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    (Somerset Island, NU) ^map 22 Victoria, 71°00′N 110°00′W / 71.000°N 110.000°W / 71.000; -110.000 (Victoria Island, NT, NU) ^map 23 King William, 68°58′N...
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    known as that of William and Mary. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of...
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    Beechey Island, King William Island and the northern coast of the Canadian mainland. In 2014, the Victoria Strait Expedition found two items on Hat Island, in...
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  • the southwestern side of King William Island. The entrance to the bay is marked by Fitzjames Island on the west and Irving Island to the east. The bay opens...
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  • Terror Bay south of King William Island). The first European visit to the island was in 1819, by Captain William Edward Parry. The island was named after...
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  • Lost Expedition, having led or participated in nine expeditions to King William Island between 1992 and 2004, searching for relics, records, and the wrecks...
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    had been found in Nunavut's Terror Bay, off the southwest coast of King William Island. The wreck was discovered 92 km (57 mi) south of the location where...
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