Ottawa Islands
| Ottawa Islands | ||
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| Waters | Hudson Bay | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 45 ′ N , 80 ° 11 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 9 (+ numerous rocky cliffs) | |
| Main island | Gilmour Island | |
| Total land area | approx. 200 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Ottawa Islands are a group of islands in the east of Hudson Bay in Canada , west of the Labrador Peninsula . Politically, they belong to the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut territory .
geography
The Ottawa Islands are located around 100 km from Pointe aux Ecueils on the west coast of the Ungava Peninsula in northern Labrador. The distance to Mansel Island in the north is around 175 km and to the Belcher Islands in the south around 250 km. The archipelago consists of nine larger islands ( principal islands ) as well as countless small and tiny islands and rocks, which extend from northeast to southwest over a length of over 100 kilometers parallel to the coast. The nine largest islands are (from northeast to southwest):
- Bronson Island, 5 km²
- Booth Island, 5 km²
- Gilmour Island, 84 km²
- Perley Island , 45 km²
- Pattee Island, 12 km²
- J. Gordon Island
- Eddy Island, 12 km²
- House Island
- Waters Island
The total land area of all islands is around 200 km². The bare and mountainous islands consist of black volcanic rock and reach a height of 344 m above sea level in Mount Allan on Gilmour Island .
literature
- Manning, TH Birds and Mammals of the Belcher, Sleeper, Ottawa and King George Islands, and Northwest Territories . Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1976.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sailing directions en route (PDF; 14.0 MB), Pub 146, Sector 15, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Ottawa Islands ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Topographic map from 1976
