Copeland Islands (Nunavut)

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Copeland Islands
Geography
Location Gulf of Boothia
Coordinates 70°5′59″N091°52′00″W / 70.09972°N 91.86667°W / 70.09972; -91.86667 (Copeland Islands) Coordinates: 70°5′59″N091°52′00″W / 70.09972°N 91.86667°W / 70.09972; -91.86667 (Copeland Islands)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Kitikmeot
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Copeland Islands [1] are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in western Gulf of Boothia at the mouth of Thom Bay, east of the Boothia Peninsula. The Martin Islands are to the north; the Hecla and Fury Islands are to the east.

Nunavut Territory of Canada

Nunavut is the newest, largest, and most northerly territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland in 1949.

Gulf of Boothia bay

The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada. Administratively it is divided between the Kitikmeot Region on the west and the Qikiqtaaluk Region on the east. It merges north into Prince Regent Inlet, the two forming a single bay with different names for its parts. It is surrounded by, clockwise, Baffin Island, Fury and Hecla Strait, the Melville Peninsula, the Canadian mainland, the Boothia Peninsula and perhaps Bellot Strait if the Gulf can be said to extend that far north. The south end is Committee Bay, northwest of which are the Simpson Peninsula and Pelly Bay. In addition to its connection to Prince Regent Inlet one can use an icebreaker to go east through the Fury and Hecla Strait, or, with luck, pass the Bellot Strait westward.

Boothia Peninsula peninsula

Boothia Peninsula is a large peninsula in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset Island. The northern part, Murchison Promontory, is the northernmost point of mainland Canada.

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Bellot Strait strait

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Astronomical Society Islands island group

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Sabine Island (Nunavut)

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Lord Mayor Bay is an Arctic waterway in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the west of the Gulf of Boothia.

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References

  1. ↑ "Copeland Islands". Atlas of Canada . Retrieved 2008-06-10.


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