Herschel Island
Herschel Island, in the Beaufort Sea, lies 5 km off the coast of Yukon in Canada. It is Yukon's only offshore island. The island is home to Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, which makes up the entire 116 km2 of Herschel Island.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herschel Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Yukon, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Yukon, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.5829° or 69° 34' 59" northLongitude
-139.0887° or 139° 5' 19" westElevation
95 metres (312 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA HLIOpen Location Code
94X2HWM6+5GGeoNames ID
5974382Wikidata ID
Q1547493Herschel Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جزيرة هرشل
- Arabic: جزيرة هيرشل
- Armenian: Հերշել
- Azerbaijani: Herşel adası
- Catalan: Illa Herschel
- Cebuano: Herschel Island
- Chinese: 赫捨爾島
- Chinese: 赫舍尔岛
- Chinese: 赫舍爾島
- Czech: Herschelův ostrov
- Dutch: Herschel Island
- Dutch: Herscheleiland
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيره هرشل
- French: Île Herschel
- French: île Herschel
- German: Herschel Island
- Inupiaq: Qikiqtaġruk
- Italian: isola Herschel
- Japanese: ハーシェル島
- Malayalam: ഹെർച്ചെൽ ദ്വീപ്
- Norwegian: Herscheløya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Herscheløya
- Portuguese: Ilha Herschel
- Russian: Хершел
- Slovenian: Herschlov otok
- Spanish: Isla Herschel
- Swedish: Herschel Island
- Turkish: Herschel Adası
- Turkish: Herschel Island
- Ukrainian: Гершел
- Ukrainian: Гершель
- Ukrainian: Хершел
- Isola Herschel
Other Places Named Herschel Island
Localities in the Area
- Ivvavik National Park
- Komakuk BeachLocality, 42 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Herschel Island. Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 3.0.