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Devon Island

American  

noun

  1. an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).


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The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

“It looks like Mars,” says Keith of where they are anchored, in Devon Island.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Off Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world, they risked running aground due to the area being poorly charted.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Compared with the landscapes of Devon Island, fistfuls of regolith simulant or even a test-tube moon, Dr. Hörst’s lab planets lack physicality.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021

The wind had driven a mass of ice up through Prince Regent Inlet, and its reaching fangs threatened to dash the ship ashore on North Devon Island.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

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