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The Arctic islands make up the former Northwest Territories District of Franklin. Other islands in the archipelago are Banks Island, Prince of Wales Island, Devon Island, Prince Patrick Island, Melville Island, Sverdrup Island, Axel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut Territory, Canada. It lies around the 80°N line of latitude, west of Ellesmere Island. The higher, central area of the island is covered by a glacier. Axel Heiberg Island is one of the 3, Southampton IslandSouthampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay, Canada. It is part of the Kivalliq Region of the Nunavut Territory. The area of the island is stated as 41,214 km² by Statistics Canada , and the only settlement is Coral Harbour (pop., Somerset IslandThis article is about Somerset Island in Canada. See also Somerset Island, Bermuda. Somerset Island is a large island in the Baffin Region of Nunavut, Canada, lying off the Boothia peninsula. It has an area of 9,570 square miles (24,786 km²). Port Leopold and King William IslandKing William Island is a Canadian Arctic island. It lies in the Nunavut Territory, south west of the Boothia peninsula and south east of Victoria Island, and has an area of 5,062 square miles (13,111 km²), making it the 60th largest island in the world.. The group of islands is bounded on the west by the Beaufort SeaThe Beaufort Sea is a large body of water north of The Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canada's arctic islands that is a part of the Arctic Ocean. Its northwestern boundary is defined by a line connecting Point Barrow, Alaska, and, on the north by the Arctic Sea, on the east by GreenlandThis article is about Greenland, the island dependency of Denmark. For information about the town of Greenland, see Greenland, New Hampshire. Greenland ( Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat "The Land of the Greenlanders (Kalaallit)"; Danish: Gronland , an Arcti, Baffin BayBaffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It is 1,130 km (700 mi) across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the presence of large numbers of icebergs. Baffin Bay is bounded by Baffin Island in the west, and Davis Strait, and on the south by Hudson Bay and the mainland of Canada. British claims on the islands were based on the explorations in the 1570s by Martin Frobisher. Canadian sovereignty over them was not established until the District of Franklin was established in 1895. Canada claims sovereignty in a sector continuing to the North Pole, a claim that is not universally recognized. In addition, Canada claims the water between the Arctic Islands as internal waters, a claim that is not recognized by the United States, and which has caused some conflict with respect to the enforcement of environmental laws.