CanadaIsland
Princess Royal Island
2,269 km² rising to 1,061 m out of the Queen Charlotte Sound.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
2,269km²
Area
697km
Coastline
1,061m
Highest point
Mount Parry
0
People
14°C
Warmest sea
August
4km
To the mainland
When to go to Princess Royal Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (14 °C) and coolest in February (7 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in British Columbia, Canada
Princess Royal Island is an island in Canada. It covers 2,269 km², with 697 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Parry, rises to 1,061 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 4 km away.
Getting there
- Bella Bella (Campbell Island) Airport (ZEL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 94 km in a straight lineCar hire at YXT airport (Terrace)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 4 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Princess Royal Island.
- 4lighthouses
- 9named peaksElephant Head Mountain, Mount Parry, Mount Learmonth and 6 more
- 5waterfallsButedale Falls and 4 more
- 1campsitesCameron Cove (BCMT)
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Princess Royal Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Princess Royal Island, each with its own numbers.
6beaches and covesCoastya
15lakesLakeyas
1waterfallCascadyas
Largest lake
21.5km²
Whalen Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
22.9°C
Canoona Lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
13.9°C
Corney Cove
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
6 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Argyh Covecove13.3°C
- Clarke Covecove13.3°C
- Alston Covecove13.8°C
- Corney Covecove13.9°C
- Srigley Covecove13.8°C
- Cameron Covecove13.0°C
15 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Whalen Lake21.5km²
- Anchor Lake10.7km²
- Butedale Lake5.8km²
- Bear Lake4.8km²
- Deer Lake4.5km²
- Helmcken Lake4.2km²
- Canoona Lake3.6km²
- Archie Lake3.5km²
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1 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Butedale Falls
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 290 m above the sea. 46 % of it is below 200 m.
- 8 %0–50 m
- 38 %50–200 m
- 36 %200–500 m
- 19 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Night low (°C) | -2 | -3 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| Sea (°C) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 370 | 223 | 283 | 214 | 155 | 162 | 159 | 173 | 260 | 363 | 388 | 336 |
| Wet days | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Wind (km/h) | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.3 | −0.1 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +1.4 | +1.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.5 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.1 | −0.6 |
| 2022 | −0.7 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | −0.6 | −0.4 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.7 | −0.8 | −1.5 |
| 2023 | −0.6 | −0.3 | −0.7 | −0.8 | +0.2 | −0.6 | −0.1 | +0.3 | −0.7 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.7 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.4 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.1 | ±0.0 |
| 2025 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.1 | −0.6 | −0.5 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
United StatesAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q29030) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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