Ormonde Island

Ormonde Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 69°46′N 82°40′W / 69.77°N 82.67°W / 69.77; -82.67Coordinates: 69°46′N 82°40′W / 69.77°N 82.67°W / 69.77; -82.67
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Ormonde Island is an irregularly shaped island located at the eastern opening of the Fury and Hecla Strait. Situated in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic, the island is north of the Melville Peninsula's Northeast Cape (separated by the Labrador Narrows), south of Baffin Island (Elder Island lies between them), and west of Foxe Basin. It is approximately 91 m (299 ft) above sea level.[1]

References

  1. "Ormonde Island ca. 91 m". geonames.org. Retrieved 2008-11-29.


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