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Island in Nunavut, Canada
Niels Island
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Geography
LocationConfluence of Hudson Strait and the Labrador Sea
Coordinates60°34′30″N 64°46′59″W / 60.57500°N 64.78306°W / 60.57500; -64.78306 (Niels Island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
Source: Niels Island at Atlas of Canada

Niels Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located at the confluence of Hudson Strait and the Labrador Sea.

Niels Island, a member of the Button Islands, is small and lies southwest of Holdridge Island.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Clark Island, Dolphin Island, Holdridge Island, King Island, and Leading Island.

References

  1. "Sector13.HudsonStrait" (PDF). National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. pollux.nss.nima.mil. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  2. "Niels Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 
Belcher Islands
Islands of Cumberland Sound
Islands of Davis Strait
Islands of Foxe Basin
Islands of Frobisher Bay
Islands of the Gulf of Boothia
Islands of Hudson Bay
Islands of Hudson Strait
Islands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador Sea
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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