Rahul Sharma (Editor)

Beacon Island (Cumberland Sound, Nunavut)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Location
  
Cumberland Sound

Region
  
Qikiqtaaluk

Territory
  
Nunavut

Population
  
Uninhabited

Beacon Island (Cumberland Sound, Nunavut)

Island group
  
Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Beacon Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Cumberland Sound, at the mouth of the Pangnirtung Fiord, near Upajjana Island off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Akulagok Island, Aupaluktok Island, Imigen Island, Kekerten Island, Kekertukdjuak Island, Tesseralik Island, Tuapait Island, and Ugpitimik Island are in the vicinity.

Map of Beacon Island, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada

Three other Beacon Islands exist in Nunavut:

  • One in Hudson Strait, in the Nascopie Reefs, east of Dorset Island
  • One in North Bay, Baffin Island, south of Anguttuaq Island
  • One in Ungava Bay, off Cape Naujaat, on the west side of the mouth of the George River

    • References

    Beacon Island (Cumberland Sound, Nunavut) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA