Fairholme Island

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Fairholme Island
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Fairholme Island
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Fairholme Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 76°35′N096°23′W / 76.583°N 96.383°W / 76.583; -96.383 (Fairholme Island)
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Fairholme Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is an irregularly shaped island located in the Penny Strait, between John Barrow Island and the entrance to Barrow Harbour, Devon Island. Sir John Barrow Monument is to the southeast.

Another, smaller Fairholme Island also lies within Nunavut, off Graham Gore Peninsula in the Alexandra Strait.