Dyas Island

Whisler Island is an uninhabited island within Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. An island within an island, it is located in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park. It lies opposite Wagon Hill.[1]

Dyas Island
Geography
LocationLake Hazen
Coordinates81.702095°N 71.877976°W / 81.702095; -71.877976 (Dyas Island)
ArchipelagoCanadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

References

  1. Greely, Adolphus Washington (1885). Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north. 1 (Digitized Jul 18, 2005 ed.). C. Scribner's sons. p. 389.


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