Prince Charles Island

Infobox Islands
name = Prince Charles Island

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image caption = NASA Landsat image of Prince Charles Island
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native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
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area = convert|9521|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country largest city = Iqaluit
country largest city population = 6,184
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population = Uninhabited
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ethnic groups = Inuit
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Prince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island with an area of convert|9521|km2|sqmi|abbr=on, making it the world's 78th largest island and the 19th largest island in Canada. It is located in Foxe Basin, off the west coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Despite the island's size, the first recording of it was in 1948 by Albert-Ernest Tomkinson navigating an RCAF Avro Lancaster, though it was likely known to the local Inuit long before that. The island was named for Prince Charles, who was born the same year. The island is uninhabited and its temperatures are extremely cold.

References

* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada]

Further reading

* Morrison, R. I. G. 1997. "The Use of Remote Sensing to Evaluate Shorebird Habitats and Populations on Prince Charles Island, Foxe Basin, Canada". "Arctic". 50, no. 1: 55.