Queen Elizabeth Islands
English
Etymology
Queen Elizabeth + islands. Named after Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada; renamed in honour of her coronation as Queen (Empress) of the British Empire. The island cluster was formerly the Parry Islands / Parry Archipelago, which subsequently were restricted to referring to the southernmost islands of the island cluster, running along the Parry Channel.
Proper noun
- An archipelago that is a component of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the northern islands north of the Parry Channel (the Straight East-West Northwest Passage), west of the Nares Strait, and bounded on the north and west by the Arctic Ocean.
Synonyms
- Parry Islands (dated)
- Parry Archipelago (dated)
Hyponyms
- Parry Islands (the islands lying north of and along the Parry Channel)
- Parry Archipelago (the islands lying north of and along the Parry Channel)
- Sverdrup Islands (the islands lying against the Arctic Ocean, to the north of the Parry Islands, not including Ellesmere and close islets)
- Ellesmere Island group (Ellesmere and surrounding islets)