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
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) attached on 14 March 2013; the aft island was attached in June 2013. The ski jump was added in November 2013, leaving just the elevators and radar to be lifted into place. By September 2013 "Queen Elizabeth" was 80% complete internally. She is two and a half times the size of the "Invincible"-class, and has the ability to carry approximately three times as many aircraft. Despite this, "Queen Elizabeth" has marginally fewer crew than the "Invincible"-class. She is approximately three times as large as . The ship has two superstructures, or islands, one for navigation and ship's operations and the