Geography | |
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Location | Cumberland Sound |
Coordinates | 66°24′00″N067°36′36″W / 66.40000°N 67.61000°W |
Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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]
Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. It lies to the west of Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world, and at its greatest length is about 113 km (70 mi). At 6,995 km2 (2,701 sq mi) in size, it is the 96th largest island in the world, and Canada's 21st largest island. Cornwallis Island is separated by the Wellington Channel from Devon Island, and by the Parry Channel from Somerset Island to the south. Northwest of Cornwallis Island lies Little Cornwallis Island, the biggest of a group of small islands at the north end of McDougall Sound, which separates Cornwallis Island from nearby Bathurst Island.
Skraeling Island is a Canadian island, located within the territory of Nunavut, which lies off of the east coast of Ellesmere Island at the mouth of Alexandra Fiord. Buchanan Bay lies to its north-east.
Qikiqtaaluk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) formerly Sillem Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second largest of the several hundred islands and islets that are located in Baffin Bay, immediately off the northern coast of Baffin Island. It is defined by Clark and Gibbs Fiords, which join at its northern end to form Scott Inlet. Further north lies Pilattuaq.
The Osborn Range is a small mountain range located on the northwest flank of Tanquary Fiord on north-central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It lies just outside Quttinirpaaq National Park and is one of the northernmost mountain ranges in the world forming part of the Arctic Cordillera.
Disraeli Glacier is a glacier on northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It lies in Quttinirpaaq National Park, South-West of the Disraeli Fiord. It is believed to have been named after Benjamin Disraeli, a British politician in the mid 1800s.
The uninhabited Marvin Islands are located in the Arctic Ocean across the mouth of Disraeli Fiord, in northern Ellesmere Island within the Quttinirpaaq National Park. Ward Hunt Island lies to the northwest. The island group is a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between western Grant Land on Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island. Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.
The Lindstrom Peninsula is located on the southern coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Across Baffin Bay to the south lies Devon Island. Harbour Fiord and Landslip Island are to the west, while the Grise Fiord is to the east. The highest peak on the peninsula is Mount Aqiatushuk 76°25′40″N083°15′00″W.
Baumann Fiord is a natural inlet in the south-west of Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut in the Arctic Archipelago. To the west, it opens into Norwegian Bay. Hoved Island lies in the fiord.
Cañon Fiord is a natural inlet in the west of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut in the Arctic Archipelago. To the north, it opens into Greely Fiord and to the east lies the Agassiz Ice Cap.
Greely Fiord is a natural inlet in the west of Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut in the Arctic Archipelago. To the south lies the Cañon Fiord and the Agassiz Ice Cap. To the northwest is Borup Fiord and Tanquary Fiord is northeast.
Landslip Island is an island of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies at the mouth of Harbour Fiord on the Jones Sound, south of Ellesmere Island.
Bjarnason Island is an island of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in the Arctic Ocean, north-west of Axel Heiberg Island, separated from it by Bukken Fiord to its north and Bunde Fiord to its south.
Brae Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Jones Sound by northern Devon Island, just north of the Devon Ice Cap and 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the Sverdrup Glacier (75°40′40″N83°16′20″W}.
Pilattuaq formerly Scott Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Bay, off the eastern coast of Baffin Island, in the middle of Scott Inlet, north of the confluence of Clark Fiord and Gibbs Fiord which embrace Qikiqtaaluk.
Kekertukdjuak Island formerly Kekertuk Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located where Kingnait Fiord joins the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. The Kikastan Islands lie to its southwest. Beacon Island, Miliakdjuin Island, Tesseralik Island, and Ugpitimik Island are in the vicinity.
Upajjana (ᐅᐸᔾᔭᓇ) formerly Beacon Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Cumberland Sound, at the mouth of the Pangnirtung Fiord, near Pangnirtung off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Akulagok Island, Aupaluktok Island, Imigen Island, Kekerten Island, Kekertukdjuak Island, Tesseralik Island, Tuapait Island, and Ugpitimik Island are in the vicinity.
Iglunga Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound, between Kangilo Fiord and Kangerk Fiord. Anarnittuq Island, Clear Passage Island, Imigen Island, Ivisa Island, the Kekertelung Islands, Nunatak Island, and Saunik Island are in the vicinity.
Anarnittuq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. It lies at the combined mouths of Clearwater and Shark Fiord, between Clear Passage Island and Kekertelung Island. The Sanigut Islands, Iglunga Island, and Nunatak Island are in the vicinity.
Nunatak Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the northern end of Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound, at the junction of Shark Fiord and Clearwater Fiord. Southeast is Kekertelung Island. Anarnittuq Island, Clear Passage Island, and Iglunga Island are also located within this vicinity.