Banks Land, an island in the west of Arctic America, discovered by Parry in 1819, explored by Maclure in 1850, and named by him Baring Island. It is separated by Banks Strait from Melville Island, lying to the north-west, and by Prince of Wales Strait from Prince Albert Land, lying eastward.
Banks Land
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 718
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