&sq=&lang=&file=File:Northern_End_of_Pitt_Island_as_seen_from_Grenville_Channel.png) Northern End of Pitt Island as seen from Grenville Channel | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Locmap-PittIsland.png) Pitt Island is located between Banks Island and the mainland. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°30′00″N 129°47′00″W / 53.50000°N 129.78333°W |
| Area | 1,368 km2 (528 sq mi) |
| Length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Width | 8 km (5 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 962 m (3156 ft) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | British Columbia |
Pitt Island is an island located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Pitt island is located between Banks Island, across Grenville Channel (part of the Inside Passage) from the mainland, and is separated from Banks Island by Principe Channel.[2] The island has an area of 1,368 square kilometres (528 sq mi), is 90 kilometres (56 mi) long, and ranges from 8 to 23 kilometres (5.0 to 14.3 mi) wide. Its highest point is at 962 metres (3,156 ft).
Pitt Island is the only island in British Columbia known to host a resident population of moose.[3]
- ^ Iain McKechnie. Archaeological Research in Southern Gitxaała Territory, Pitt and Banks Islands, August 2009 (PDF) (Report). University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Pitt Island". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Price Michael H, Darimont Chris T, Winchester Neville N, Paquet Paul C (2005). "Facts from faeces: prey remains in Wolf, Canis lupus, faeces revise occurrence records for mammals of British Columbia's coastal archipelago". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 119 (2): 192–196. doi:10.22621/cfn.v119i2.105. Retrieved 2020-06-22.