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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 74°57′N079°58′W / 74.950°N 79.967°W / 74.950; -79.967 (Philpots Island) |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
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Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Philpots Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is the largest of Devon Island's offshore islands, located at Devon's eastern end. [1] It lies in Baffin Bay, with Hyde Inlet to the north, and the Parry Channel to the south.
Philpots Island is home to northern fulmars, glaucous gulls, and ivory gulls [2]
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