Deer Island (Qikiqtaaluk Region)

Deer Island
Native name: Qikiqtaarjuk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᕐᔪᒃ)
Deer Island
Location in Canada
Geography
Location Foxe Basin
Coordinates 69°47′N 080°41′W / 69.783°N 80.683°W / 69.783; -80.683 (Qikiqtaarjuk (Deer Island))Coordinates: 69°47′N 080°41′W / 69.783°N 80.683°W / 69.783; -80.683 (Qikiqtaarjuk (Deer Island))
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Deer Island (Inuktitut: Qikiqtaarjuk, Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᕐᔪᒃ, English: little island)[1] is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Foxe Basin just north of Jens Munk Island.

References

  1. ↑ Notice of Proposed Changes to Official Place Names and the Designation of New Official Place Names Near Igloolik, Nunavut.
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