Ormonde Island

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
Country
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, south of Baffin Island, and west of Foxe Basin. It is approximately 91 m (299 ft) above sea level.[1]

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