Griffith Island lies within the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-channel islands in the western sector of

Barrow Strait Barrow Strait is a shipping waterway in Northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. Forming part of the Parry Channel, the strait separates several large islands including Cornwallis Island and Devon Island to the north, from Prince of Wales Isla ...

. Griffith Island lies directly across from the

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Resolute on Cornwallis Island, separated by the wide Resolute Passage. Captain

Horatio Austin Sir Horatio Thomas Austin (10 March 1800 – 16 November 1865) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. Biography Austin was born in England on 18 March 1800, the son of an official in the Chatham Dockyard. In 1828, was dispatche ...

, on board the ship ''Resolute'' and seeking the lost Sir

John Franklin Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through t ...

expedition, wintered off Griffith Island in 1851. Explorations that winter by second master, George F. McDougall, included

McDougall Sound McDougall Sound is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between southeastern Bathurst Island and western Cornwallis island. The sound's southern mouth opens to the Parry Channel, and beyond that, to the Barrow Stra ...

, the waterway to the north of Griffith Island. Griffith Island is , and in area. Since 1958, the southeast coast of Griffith Island has experienced uncommon change, from discontinuous flying spits to continuous fringing barriers. On April 25, 2021, a

Great Slave Helicopters Discovery Air (DA), founded in 2004, was a specialized aviation company that operated primarily in Canada. History Acquisitions and growth In 2004, Discovery Air was created by David Taylor. It was incorporated by the Pacific & Western Bank of C ...

owned helicopter that was surveying polar bear populations crashed on Griffith Island, killing all three on board.3 dead in helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut
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Aerial photo, August 1965

Griffith Island
in the

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- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub

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