Banks Island

noun

1. an island in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada. 24,600 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km).

Banks Island

noun

1. an island of N Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Area: about 67 340 sq km (26 000 sq miles)
2. an island of W Canada, off British Columbia. Length: about 72 km (45 miles)

Example Sentences

The Last Ice Area is a vast floating landscape of solid ice extending from the northern coast of Greenland to Canada’s Banks Island in the west.

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I felt that our Banks Island scholars must be removed, and that at once lest they should die.

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On the Banks Island these prohibitions are very severe and painfully exact.

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Two of her brothers from Banks Island were staying with her at the time, and one was killed, but the other managed to escape.

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