Location Northern Canada Region Qikiqtaaluk | Nunavut Nunavut Population Uninhabited | |
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago | ||
Nova Zembla Island ("New Land") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located across the mouth of Coutts Inlet in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island. Round Island is 7.4 km (4.6 mi) to the southeast.
Map of Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
The island was visited in 1875 by a Swedish expedition led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and sponsored by the businessman Oscar Dickson.
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Nova Zembla Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA