the queen of England from 1558 until her death. She never married, and is sometimes called "the Virgin Queen". While she was queen, England's power in the world increased, and the period is sometimes called 'the Elizabethan age', which people think of as a great period in English history (1533-1603)
the British queen since 1952, and also head of the British Commonwealth. She is married to the Duke of Edinburgh, and they have four children (1926-). the full name of the QE2
A group of islands of northern Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago north of Parry Channel. Oil deposits were first exploited here in the 1960s. the Queen Elizabeth Islands a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean that are part of Canada. Island group, northern Canada. Part of the Canadian Arctic archipelago, it comprises all the islands north of latitude 74°30 N, including the Parry and Sverdrup island groups. The islands, the largest of which are Ellesmere, Melville, Devon, and Axel Heiberg, have a total land area of over 150,000 sq mi (390,000 sq km). Probably first visited by the Vikings AD 1000, they were partially explored (1615-16) by English navigators William Baffin and Robert Bylot. The islands, which are administratively split between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, were named in 1953 to honour Queen Elizabeth II
or Ruwenzori National Park National park, southwestern Uganda. Established in 1952, it has an area of 764 sq mi (1,978 sq km) and lies east of Lake Edward. One of the largest parks in Uganda, it has areas of rainforest and savanna grassland. It is within the western branch of the Great Rift Valley and is dotted with Pleistocene volcanic craters. Wildlife includes chimpanzees, leopards, lions, and elephants