Cheere Islands

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Cheere Islands
Geography
Location Coronation Gulf
Coordinates 67°42′N108°52′W / 67.700°N 108.867°W / 67.700; -108.867 (Cheere Islands) Coordinates: 67°42′N108°52′W / 67.700°N 108.867°W / 67.700; -108.867 (Cheere Islands)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Kitikmeot
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Cheere Islands are an island group located in Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, west of the Kent Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Barry Islands, Breakwater Islands, Chapman Islands, Cockburn Islands, Piercey Islands, and Stockport Islands. [1]

Coronation Gulf bay

Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast it connects with Dease Strait and thence Queen Maud Gulf.

Victoria Island (Canada) island in arctic Canada

Victoria Island is a large island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth largest island in the world, and at 217,291 km2 (83,897 sq mi) in area, it is Canada's second largest island. It is nearly double the size of Newfoundland (111,390 km2 [43,008 sq mi]), and is slightly larger than the island of Great Britain (209,331 km2 [80,823 sq mi]) but smaller than Honshu (225,800 km2 [87,182 sq mi]). It contains the world's largest island within an island within an island. The western third of the island belongs to the Inuvik Region in the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region.

Kent Peninsula peninsula

The Kent Peninsula is a large peninsula, almost totally surrounded by water, in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic mainland. Were it not for a 5-mile isthmus at the southeast corner it would be a long island parallel to the coast. From the isthmus it extends 105 mi (169 km) westward into the Coronation Gulf. To the south, Melville Sound separates it from the mainland. To the north is Dease Strait and then Victoria Island. To the west is Coronation Gulf and to the east, Queen Maud Gulf. Cape Flinders marks the western tip of the peninsula, Cape Franklin is at the northwestern point, and Cape Alexander marks the northeastern point.

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References

  1. "Cheere Islands". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-03-12.