Queen Elizabeth Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands The Queen Elizabeth Islands (; formerly Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago) are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Islands contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and ice cap area. (excluding the inland and shelf ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica). The islands, together in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximating to the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait
Queen Elizabeth 2 January 2008, with a celebratory fireworks display; "Queen Elizabeth 2" and "Queen Victoria" had made a tandem crossing of the Atlantic for the meet. This marked the first time three "Cunard Queens" had been present in the same location. (Cunard stated this would be the last time these three particular ships would meet, due to the impending retirement of "Queen Elizabeth 2". However, due to a change in "Queen Elizabeth 2"s schedule, the three ships met again in Southampton on 22 April 2008.) "QE2" shared the harbour at Zeebrugge with "Queen Victoria" on 19 July 2008, where the two Cunarders