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| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
| Beechey Island |
| Beechey Island, islet, E central Franklin dist., N.W.T., Canada, in Erebus Bay, inlet of Barrow Strait, at S end of Wellington Channel, just off SW Devon Isl.; 74°43'N 92°56'W. Rises to c.650 ft/198 m. Br. explorer Sir John Franklin wintered here 1845–1846; later isl. was base of Arctic explorers and searchers for Franklin’s expedition. |
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