Insula Melville
(
Inuktitut
?????, Ilulliq
) est
insula
non
habitata
, una e maioribus
Archipelagi Arctici Canadiensis
insulis
arcticis
, in
regione
meridiana
occidentalique
Insularum Reginae Elizabethae
in
Canada Septentrionali
iacens.
Area
superficialis
est 42 149
chiliometra quadrata
, ut tricensima tertia a maxima
orbis terrarum
insula et octava a maxima
Canadae
insula sit.
Terra
insularis est 341
chiliometra
longa
et inter 210 et 292 chiliometra
lata
.
Montes
in Insula Melville, nonnulli e maximis in occidentali Arctico Canadiensi patentibus, usque ad 750
metra
alti
sunt. Duae
exclavaturae
in insula adsunt, quae ad occidentem meridiani 110 versus iacent et pars
Territoriorum Septentrionalium et Occidentalium Canadae
sunt, quae per
terram
ex Nunavut et
navem
ex Territoriis Septentrionalibus et Occidentalibus attigi possunt.
Insula Melvilla partita est inter Territoria Septentrionalia et Occidentalia, quae occidentale insulae dimidium
administrat
, et
Nunavut
, quod dimidium
orientale
administrat. Fines per meridianum 110 occidentem extenduntur.
Primus
Europaeus
qui Insulam Melville visitavit fuit
Gulielmus Eduardus Parry
Eques
,
explorator
Britannicus
, qui ad
sinum
nunc Winter Harbour appellatum anno
1819
hiemavit
; omnino autem congelato
mari
, ibi usque ad diem
1 Augusti
1820
mansit.
[1]
Insula ex
Roberto Dundas, secundo Vicecomite Melville
, ex anno
1819
appellatur, qui eo tempore erat
Primus Dominus Maritimus
.
Nautae
expeditionem amissa Franklinianam
anno
1851
petentes
oram
orientalem usque ad Bradford Point exploraverunt, Abrahamo Bradford duce, cum
Franciscus Leopoldus McClintock
,
Ricardus Vesey Hamilton
, et
Georgius Henricus Richards
oras septentrionales occidentalesque anno
1853
permetirentur.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Insulae sunt paucae
plantae
.
Vegetatio
, ubi viget, in parvis
bryophytorum
,
lichenum
,
graminum
,
cyperacearumque
tumulis
plerumque consistit.
Salix herbacea
,
sola
species
lignea
, tortas super
solum
tegetes format.
Inter
animalia
quae insula utuntur sunt
Ursus maritimus
,
Rangifer tarandus
pearyi,
Ovibos moschatus
,
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
,
Canis lupus arctos
(
subspecies
Canis lupi
),
Vulpes lagopus
,
Lepus arcticus
,
et
Mustela erminea
.
Eruditi ab
Universitate Albertae
anno
2003
missi
Ursum arctos horribilem
eiusque
vestigia
conspexerunt, quod manet maxime septentrionalis ursorum arctos horribilium renuntiatio nota.
[5]
Insula Mellville est una e duabus regiones maioribus ubi
Branta bernicla
ova
ponunt. Explicatio
DNA
et studia campestria monstrant has
aves
ab aliis
Brantae
gregibus
distinctas esse.
[6]
[7]
Quae aves, solum a quattuor milibus ad octo milia numeratae, unus e rarissimis
anatidarum
gregibus in orbe terrarum esse possunt.
Nexus interni
- ↑
Parry, W. E. (
1821
).
Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: performed in the years 1819?20
. Londinii: John Murray
.
- ↑
M'Dougall, G. F. (
1857
).
The eventful voyage of H.M. discovery ship "Resolute" to the Arctic regions, in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H. M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror," 1852, 1853, 1854
. Londinii: Longman
.
- ↑
Murphy, D. (
2004
).
The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold McClintock, discoverer of the fate of Franklin
. Toronti: Dundurn Press
.
- ↑
Savours, A. (
1999
).
The Search for the North West Passage
. Novi Eboraci: St. Marten's Press
.
- ↑
Doupe, Jonathan P.; England, John H.; Furze, M.; Paetkau, David (
2007
). "Most Northerly Observation of a Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) in Canada: Photographic and DNA Evidence from Melville Island, Northwest Territories.".
Arctic
60
(3): 271?76
.
- ↑
Brant Geese | Beauty of Birds
. .
www.beautyofbirds.com
- ↑
birds, bird photos, bird photographs, butterflies, dragonflies, dragonfly, butterfly
. .
www.martinreid.com
- Arctic Pilot Project (Canada).
1979
.
Environmental Statement: Melville Island Components.
Calgary: Arctic Pilot Project.
- Barnett, D., et al.
1977
.
Terrain Characterization and Evaluation An Example from Eastern Melville Island.
Geological Survey of Canada, 76?23. Ottavaea: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
ISBN 0-660-00812-2
.
- Buchanan, R. et al.
1980
.
Survey of the Marine Environment of Bridport Inlet, Melville Island.
Calgary: Pallister Resource Management.
- Christie, R. et al., eds.
1994
.
The Geology of Melville Island, Arctic Canada.
Ottavae: Geological Survey of Canada.
ISBN 0-660-14982-6
.
- Hodgson, D.
1992
.
Quaternary Geology of Western Melville Island, Northwest Territories.
Ottavae: Geological Survey of Canada.
ISBN 0-660-13809-3
.
- Hotzel, C.
1973
.
Terrain Disturbance on the Christopher Formation, Melville Island, NWT.
Ottavae: Carleton University, Department of Geography.
- McGregor, D., et al.
1982
.
Middle Devonian Miospores from the Cape De Bray, Weatherall, and Hecla Bay Formations of Northeastern Melville Island, Canadian Arctic.
Ottavae: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
ISBN 0-660-11084-9
.
- Osborn, Sherard.
1852
.
Stray leaves from an Arctic journal, or, Eighteen months in the polar regions: in search of Sir John Franklin's expedition, in the years 1850?51.
Novi Eboraci: Putnam’s.
Archivum.
- Savours, Ann.
1999
.
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Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN 978-0312223724
.
Archivum.
- Shea, I., et al.
2005
.
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Tantallon: Glen Margaret Publishing.
ISBN 0-920427-68-5
.
- Shearer, D.
1974
.
Modern and Early Holocene Arctic Deltas, Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada.
- Spector, A. et al.
1967
. "A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps."
Canada Dominion Observatory Contributions
7 (7).
- Steen, O., et al.
1978
.
Landscape Survey Eastern Melville Island, N.W.T.
Calgary: R. M. Hardy & Associates.
- Thomas, D. et al.
1999
.
Range types and their relative use by Peary caribou and muskoxen on Melville Island, NWT.
Edmonton: Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service.
- Trettin, H., et al.
1966
.
Lower Triassic Tar Sands of Northwestern Melville Island, Arctic Archipelago.
Ottavae: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.