Location of Ellesmere IslandGreenlandCanadaEllesmere Island
Island

Ellesmere Island

The 4th widest of the 156 islands measured in this atlas.

width 440 km · 4th/156
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement

Surface area
196,235 km²
Elevation
2,616 m
Length
820 km
Width
440 km
Highest point
Barbeau Peak
Named after
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Countries
Canada
Wikidata
Q146841

Among the world's islands

Each line is every one of the islands in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.

  1. Surface area196,235 km²9th of 227 · median 2,821 km²
  2. Elevation2,616 m15th of 164 · median 664 m
  3. Length820 km9th of 162 · median 95 km
  4. Width440 km4th of 156 · median 35 km

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