Location Foxe Basin Region Qikiqtaaluk Area 637 km² | Nunavut Nunavut Population Uninhabited | |
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Island group Canadian Arctic Archipelago | ||
Foley Island is a low-lying Canadian arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the southern coast of Baffin Island in the Foxe Basin and measures 637 km2 (246 sq mi) in area.
Map of Foley Island, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
The first written recording of the island's existence was in 1948, as were neighboring Prince Charles Island and Air Force Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force crew member, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster.
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