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The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Iceland (an independent country).
The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the ...
El archipiélago Ártico Canadiense, a veces llamado simplemente archipiélago Ártico, es un archipiélago de Canadá situado en el extremo norte del continente americano. Con una superficie de alrededor de 1 424 500 km², comprende una gran parte del norte de Canadá, que administrativamente pertenece a Nunavut y parte a los Territorios del Noroeste.
RankingRankingRankingÁreaMundoCanadáGrupoNombre de la isla005CAN-0101009CAN-0202010CAN-0303The red line is the 10 °C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region; also shown is the Arctic Circle. The white area shows the average minimum extent of sea ice in summer as of 1975. [1] The climate of the Arctic is characterized by long, cold winters and short, cool summers.
Arctic Archipelago, Group of Canadian islands, Arctic Ocean. They lie north of the Canadian mainland and have an area of about 550,000 sq mi (1,424,500 sq km). The southeastern islands are an extension of the Canadian Shield; the balance consists of the Arctic lowlands to the south and the Innuitian Mountains to the north.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
9 de mar. de 2006 · Lying north of mainland Canada, the Arctic Archipelago consists of 94 major islands (greater than 130 km 2) and 36,469 minor islands covering a total of 1.4 million km 2. Apart from Greenland, which is almost entirely ice covered, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago forms the world's largest High Arctic land area.
Hace 1 día · Arctic, northernmost region of Earth, centred on the North Pole and characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and animal life, and other physical features. The term is derived from the Greek arktos (“bear”), referring to the northern constellation of the Bear.
