Queen Elizabeth Islands

[ kween i-liz-uh-buhth ahy-luhndz ]

plural noun

1. a group of islands, including Ellesmere Island, in the Arctic Ocean, in the northern Northwest Territories, in northern Canada.

Queen Elizabeth Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands off the N coast of Canada: the northernmost islands of the Canadian Arctic archipelago, lying N of latitude 74°N; part of Nunavut. Area: about 390 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)