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Beacon Island (Hudson Strait, Nunavut)

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Location
  
Hudson Strait

Region
  
Qikiqtaaluk

Territory
  
Nunavut

Population
  
Uninhabited

Beacon Island (Hudson Strait, Nunavut)

Island group
  
Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Beacon Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Nascopie Reefs, just east of Dorset Island, itself a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait. The closest community is Kimmirut, 20.9 km (13.0 mi) away.

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

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include: Lavoie Island, Wishart Island, Nuvursirpaaraaluk Island, Lee Island, Forder Island, Poodlatee Island, Uugalautiit Island, Black Bluff Island, Aulassivik Island, Ijjurittiak Island, Ivisaat Island, Glasgow Island, Juet Island, and High Bluff Island.

Three other Beacon Islands exist in Nunavut:

  • One in Cumberland Sound
  • 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 (Hudson Strait, Nunavut) Wikipedia
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