Moodie Island
| Moodie Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Cumberland Sound , Labrador Sea | |
| Archipelago | Lemieux Islands | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 37 ′ N , 65 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| length | 32 km | |
| width | 15.5 km | |
| surface | 233 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 715 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Moodie Iceland is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
It belongs to the Lemieux Islands , which are located at the entrance to Cumberland Sound off the east coast of Baffin Island . It is separated from this by the Littlecote Channel in the west and Neptune Bay in the southeast. Ugjuk Island is only 300 m west of Moodie Island , directly east of Jackson Island . Moodie Island is strongly divided by several fjords that extend deep into the interior of the island in the north and east. Its area is 233 km². The highest point is 715 m above sea level.
Ringed seals are common in the waters around Moodie Island .
The island was named in 1945 after Superintendent John Douglas Moodie (1849-1947) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , who was governor of the Hudson Bay district in the early 20th century .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lemieux Islands on Natural Resources Canada
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Moodie Island High Point on Peakbagger.com (English). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ↑ Nunavut Coastal Resource Inventory - Pangnirtung , Department of Environment, Fisheries and Sealing Division, Iqaluit 2013, p. 100 ( PDF ; 17.1 MB; English).