Pim Island (previously Bedford Pim Island) is located off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the

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territory of Nunavut. Located within the Arctic Archipelago, it is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Pim Island is separated from Ellesmere Island by Rice Strait, the waterway that connects Rosse Bay to the south and Buchanan Bay to the north.

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is to the east. Pim Island is from Cocked Hat Island.

History

The Adolphus Greely expedition wintered at Camp Clay in 1883, and in 1884, Cape Sabine was the rescue site for Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. The island is named in honour of naval officer and barrister

Bedford Pim Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim (12 June 1826 – 30 September 1886) was a Royal Navy officer, Arctic explorer, barrister, and author. He was the first man who travelled from a ship on the eastern side of the Northwest Passage to one on t ...

of .

References

External links

Pim Island
in the

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