Big Island (Nunavut)

Big Island
Waterfall at Ashe Inlet on the south coast of the Big Island, 1884
Waters	Hudson Strait
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Geographical location	62 ° 43 ′  N , 70 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 43 ′  N , 70 ° 43 ′  W
length	62 km
width	23 km
surface	803 km²
Highest elevation	365  m
Residents	uninhabited
main place	Ashe Inlet (historic)

Big Iceland ( Inuktitut : Qikiqtarjuaq ) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It is located off the south coast of Baffin Island in the Hudson Strait . The partially only 3 km wide White Strait separates the two islands from each other. The next place is Kimmirut, about 30 km northeast on Baffin Island . The land area is 803 km².

Other islands in the immediate vicinity are Emma Island and Rabbit Island , High Bluff Island and the Upper Savage Islands .

There are two other, much smaller islands in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, also called the Big Island.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )