Clear Passage Island

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Clear Passage Island
Geography
Location Cumberland Sound
Coordinates 66°24′00″N067°36′36″W / 66.40000°N 67.61000°W / 66.40000; -67.61000 (Clear Passage Island)
Archipelago Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Clear Passage Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in Kangilo Fiord, the southern of Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound's two ends (the other being Clearwater Fiord). The False Passage Peninsula lies northwest of the island. Anarnittuq Island, Iglunga Island, and Nunatak Island are in the vicinity. [1]

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References

  1. "Clear Passage Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-06-27.