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Parry Islands
archipelago, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada
Parry Islands, archipelago in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. The archipelago is part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. It lies south and west of Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Ocean. Major islands are Devon, Cornwallis, Bathurst, Melville, and Prince Patrick.
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