Moore Island

Moore Island

Geography
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates	56°20′N 79°33′W / 56.33°N 79.55°W / 56.33; -79.55 (Moore Island)Coordinates: 56°20′N 79°33′W / 56.33°N 79.55°W / 56.33; -79.55 (Moore Island)
Archipelago	Belcher Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Moore Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Kugong Island, Flaherty Island, Ney Island, and Renouf Island.^[1]

It is named in honor of Elwood S. Moore, Professor of Geology at Pennsylvania State University,^[2] and Fellow of the American Geographical Society.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Moore Island". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6077725_Moore+Island.html#local_map. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
2. ^ Christopher, Robert J.; Frances Hubbard Flaherty & Robert Joseph Flaherty (2005). Robert and Frances Flaherty: a documentary life, 1883-1922. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 429. ISBN 0773528768. http://books.google.com/books?id=DxLZbzn14iIC&pg=RA1-PA429&dq=belcher+flaherty+moore+islands&as_brr=3&ei=LmZ4SonCFZ7kkQTs_PWPAQ&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=moore&f=false. 
3. ^ Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 29. Geological Society of America (Digitized Oct 23, 2008 ed.). The Society. 1918. pp. 128. http://books.google.com/books?id=6uKPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA128&dq=moore+%22belcher+islands%22&ei=DGd4SvHxA6aSkQTzkZWCAQ&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=moore&f=false.