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It is about 50 [[mile]]s (80 km) in length and between 11 to 18 miles (18 to 29 km) wide. [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]], the world's most northerly permanently-inhabited settlement, lies nearby.
 
It was named during the 1871 [[Polaris Expedition]], for American [[George Robeson]], Secretary of the Navy in the [[Ulysses S. Grant]] administration.
 
==Further reading==