Coffin Island (Nunavut)

Coffin Island (Nunavut)
Coffin Island
Coffin Island (Nunavut) is located in Canada
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Location in Canada
Geography
Location Frobisher Bay
Coordinates 63°31′12″N 068°27′00″W / 63.52°N 68.45°W / 63.52; -68.45 (Coffin Island)Coordinates: 63°31′12″N 068°27′00″W / 63.52°N 68.45°W / 63.52; -68.45 (Coffin Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Territory  Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Coffin Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, southeast of the capital city of Iqaluit.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Aubrey Island, Beveridge Island, Bishop Island, Cairn Island, Crimmins Island, Emerick Island, Faris Island, Frobisher's Farthest, Gardiner Island, Hill Island, Jenvey Island, Kudlago Island, Long Island, Mair Island, McLaren Island, Monument Island, Pichit Island, Pink Lady Island, Ptarmigan Island, Sale Island, Sybil Island, and Thompson Island.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Coffin Island". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5924871_Coffin+Island.html#local_map. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 



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