Location Northern Canada Region Qikiqtaaluk | Territory Nunavut Population 0 | |
Island group Canadian Arctic Archipelago | ||
Winter Island is an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Quikqtaaluk, Nunavut. It lies in the Foxe Basin with Hoppner Strait to the northwest. Winter Island is south of the Melville Peninsula, separated from it by Lyon Inlet. William Edward Parry wintered here at the end of 1821.
Map of Winter Island, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
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