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King William

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King William 

an island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Area, 12,400 sq km. Permanent population, approximately 300 (1967). Composed chiefly of limestone. Maximum altitude, 140 m. There are many lakes in the central part of the island. The coasts are low and have numerous bays. The land is covered by polygonal moss and lichen tundra. Gjoa Haven, where the explorer R. Amundsen wintered in 1903–06, is the main population center.
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At King William Island, in the Admiralties, Kwaque had made, in the parlance of the South Pacific, a pier-head jump.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Before another sunset, the Governor, and all that rode so proudly with him, were prisoners, and long ere it was known that James had abdicated, King William was proclaimed throughout New England.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The first Nichols had been dead since the reign of King William the Fourth, the second since the jubilee year of Queen Victoria.
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