Lady Franklin Island

Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung), is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait,  from Hall Peninsula. There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.

It was named by Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall as a tribute to Sir John Franklin's wife Lady Franklin.

The island offers an abundance of bears, caribou (tuktoo), ducks, seals, and walrus.

References

External links
 Photos
 Lady Franklin Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

Category:Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Category:Islands of Baffin Island
Category:Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago