Harper Islands

Harper Islands

Infobox Islands
name = Harper Islands


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native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
coordinates = coord|62|20|59|N|64|40|0|W|display=inline,title
archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country largest city = Iqaluit
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population = Uninhabited
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ethnic groups = Inuit
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Harper Islands is a small Baffin Island offshore island group located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut with an area of convert|8|km2|sqmi. [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=islands]

The group lies at the confluence of Frobisher Bay and the Labrador Sea. Other islands also in the immediate vicinity of the tip of Hall Peninsula, but further north, include Lefferts, Bear, Little Hall, and Hudson islands.


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