Little Camping Island

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Little Camping Island
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Little Camping Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 68°36′N113°43′W / 68.600°N 113.717°W / 68.600; -113.717 (Little Camping Island)
Archipelago Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Little Camping Island is located in the Dolphin and Union Strait, southwest of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Close by are Bowers Island, Camping Island, Chantry Island, Cox Island, Douglas Island, Ivonayak Island, Lambert Island, Sweeney Island, and Teddy Bear Island, the Aiyohok Islands and Deadman Islands, as well as the North Warning System sites at Lady Franklin Point and Bernard Harbour. [1]

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References

  1. "Little Camping Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17.