King William Island (French: Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land; Inuktitut: Qikiqtaq) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June...

personnel of the expedition, including Irving, perished in and around King William Island in what is now Nunavut, Canada. Irving is one of the few men whose...

May 1859 by William Hobson (Lieutenant on the McClintock Arctic expedition) placed in a cairn on the northwestern coast of King William Island. It contains...

personnel perished in uncertain conditions, mostly on and around King William Island. In 2021, Gregory's remains became the first of the expedition to...

Lost Expedition, having led or participated in nine expeditions to King William Island between 1992 and 2004, searching for relics, records, and the wrecks...

National Historic Site is a National Historic Site of Canada near King William Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. It protects the wrecks of HMS Erebus...

personnel ultimately died, mostly in and around King William Island. Torrington was buried on Beechey Island. His body was exhumed by forensic anthropologist...

Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. The icebound...

Franklin's lost expedition became trapped in the Arctic ice off King William Island in 1846. Following Franklin's death the next year, Fitzjames became...

forensic studies in 2009 on skeletal remains earlier recovered from King William Island in Canada suggest that they may be those of Harry Goodsir. Harry...

King William Island (shallow) into Queen Maud Gulf, then west along the mainland coast south of Victoria Island. West: There being no major islands,...

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expedition personnel died, including Peglar, mostly on and around King William Island. While Peglar's remains have not been identified, several of his...

Mackenzie King Island is one of the uninhabited Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and...

Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures...

south-west coast of Baillie-Hamilton Island, and another with a similar name on the west coast of King William Island. On his retirement in 1834 his father...

Shetland Islands, lying 120 km (75 miles) off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III. King George island has...

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is the only settlement on King William Island. The name Gjoa Haven is from the Norwegian Gjøahavn or "Gjøa's Harbour";...

Island is one of the uninhabited members of the Canadian arctic islands in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is located in Rae Strait, between King William...

William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States...

their crews abandoned them after they became trapped in ice near King William Island. HMS Erebus (1856) was a 16-gun iron screw floating battery launched...