The Parry Islands are a group of high arctic islands comprising Melville, Bathurst and Cornwallis islands, as well as a number of smaller ones. Melville is the largest of the 3 main islands and is also the highest, exceeding 1000 m in places. The islands are topographically similar since all are part of the same geosynclinal structure; each takes the form of a level plateau 600 m in elevation that ends abruptly in 300 m high cliffs along many parts of the coast. The most striking feature of the surface of Melville and Cornwallis islands is the almost complete absence of vegetation, exposing a great number and variety of patterned ground features.
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- Finlayson, Douglas. "Parry Islands". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 23 January 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/parry-islands. Accessed 05 November 2024.
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- Finlayson, D. (2014). Parry Islands. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/parry-islands
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- Finlayson, Douglas. "Parry Islands." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited January 23, 2014.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Parry Islands," by Douglas Finlayson, Accessed November 05, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/parry-islands
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Parry Islands
Article by Douglas Finlayson
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited January 23, 2014
The Parry Islands are a group of high arctic islands comprising Melville, Bathurst and Cornwallis islands, as well as a number of smaller ones. Melville is the largest of the 3 main islands and is also the highest, exceeding 1000 m in places.