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Sverdrup Islands
archipelago, Canada
Sverdrup Islands, archipelago in Franklin district, Northwest Territories, part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island. Named for Otto Sverdrup (1885β1930), the Norwegian Arctic explorer, the major islands are Axel Heiberg Island, Amund Ringnes, Meighen Island, and Ellef Ringnes.
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