Where is Banks Island?

Banks Island is the fifth largest island in the Arctic Archipelago and part of Canada's Northwest Territories.

Located between the Amundsen Gulf to the southwest and the Beaufort Sea to the northeast, it spans an area of approximately 70 028 square kilometers (27,038 square miles), making it slightly larger than Vancouver Island off the Pacific coast of British Columbia.

It is uninhabited except for the seasonal presence of the Sachs Harbour Arctic research station on the southern coast.