Pim Island

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name = Pim Island


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
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country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Pim Island is located off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Located within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

Pim Island is separated from Ellesmere Island by Rice Strait, the waterway that connects Rosse Bay to the north and Buchanan Strait to the south. [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4jUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA521&lpg=PA521&dq=cocked-hat+rice's+strait&source=web&ots=BkiSv6H8AP&sig=gABw_PEW83iIwbNB-aMC5i5wB68&hl=en#PPA521,M1 |pages=521 |title=The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World |last=Dieck |first=Herman Dieck |year=1885 |publisher=Thompson National Pub. Co. |location=Philadelphia |oclc=6878914] Nares Strait is to the east. Pim Island is 6 km. from Cocked Hat Island.

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