Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Banks Land

BANKS LAND, an island in the W. 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 N. W., and by Prince of Wales Strait from Prince Albert Land, lying eastward.

Source: Collier's New Encyclopedia 1. (1921) New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company. 412.