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Victoria Island is one of the largest islands of the world. It is located in the Arctic Ocean and is one of the Canadian Arctic Islands. The western part belongs to the Northwest Territories and the eastern part to Nunavut. Melville Sound lies to the north, and the Clintock Channel and Victoria Strait lie eastward. The Northwest Territories continue on the mainland to the South across Pease Strait. On the West are Amundsen Gulf and Banks Island. The population of the island is 1,707; 1,309 in the Nunavut part and 398 in the Northwest Territories portion. (2001)
The settlement of Cambridge Bay lies on the southeast coast. Holman is on the west coast.
Roughly the eastern two-thirds of the Island are located in Nunavut, the western part is in the Northwest Territories. The Nunavut portion is in Kitikmeot Region and the NWT section is in Inuvik Region.
N.B. Although Victoria Island is located in Canada, it is nowhere near the City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the latter is on Vancouver Island, which in turn is not to be confused with the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, on the mainland nearby or the city of Vancouver, WA, USA, situated not far from it.
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