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Moore Island

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Location
  
Hudson Bay

Region
  
Qikiqtaaluk

Territory
  
Nunavut

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
Belcher Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Moore Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay. It lies in Churchill Sound between Kugong Island to its west and the Howard Peninsula of Flaherty Island to its east.

Map of New Moore, Bangladesh

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Ney Island and Renouf Island.

It is named in honor of Elwood S. Moore, Professor of Geology at Pennsylvania State University, and Fellow of the American Geographical Society.

There are three more Moore Islands within Nunavut.

  • In the Hopewell Islands, near Inukjuak, Quebec, between McCormack Island and Hopkins Island. It measures about 4 km along its longest axis.
  • In the Intrepid Passage, south of Bathurst Island. It measures about 2 km along its longest axis.
  • In the Boat Passage, on the northern side of Rupert Bay, an extension of Hudson Bay. It measures about 300 m along its longest axis.

    • References

    Moore Island Wikipedia
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