Solomons Temple Islands

Solomons Temple Islands

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Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	52°49′29″N079°9′00″W / 52.82472°N 79.15000°W / 52.82472; -79.15000
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Solomons Temple Islands (variants: Solomon's Temple Islands; Solomons Temple Island) are an uninhabited Canadian arctic islands group located within the midsection of James Bay in Nunavut, Canada. They are situated north of Charlton Island, ^[1] and southwest of Paint Hills Islands, Pointe au Huard and Andrew Moar Bay ( 52°48′N78°48′W / 52.8°N 78.8°W / 52.8; -78.8 ), ^[2]

Solomons Temple Islands are 4 km (2.5 mi) in size. ^[3]

History

In 1950, Thomas Henry Manning studied unusually high tide driftwood strand lines on Solomons Temple's northern exposed beach. ^[4]

References

1. "Charlton Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
2. Manning, p. 4
3. Atlas of Canada
4. Manning, T.H. (1951). "Remarks on the Tides and Driftwood Strand Lines along the East Coast of James Bay" (PDF). Arctic. 4 (2). ucalgary.ca. doi:10.14430/arctic3940. S2CID   129238250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-28.