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Wales Island (Nunavut)

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1,137 km²

Wales Island (Nunavut)

Island group
  
Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Wales Island (Inuktitut: Shartoo; previously Prince of Wales Island) is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. Located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 miles) off the Melville Peninsula, the island is situated in Committee Bay within western Gulf of Boothia. It has an area of 1,137 square kilometres (439 square miles).

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

Named Prince of Wales Island by the Scottish Arctic explorer, Dr. John Rae, it was subsequently shortened to Wales Island.

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Wales Island (Nunavut) Wikipedia


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