Foley Island

Uninhabited island off of Baffin Island
68°30′N 75°00′W / 68.500°N 75.000°W / 68.500; -75.000 (Foley island)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoArea637 km2 (246 sq mi)Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Foley Island is a low-lying Canadian arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the southern coast of Baffin Island in the Foxe Basin and measures 637 km2 (246 sq mi) in area.[1] Foley Island is uninhabited.

The first written recording of the island's existence was in 1948, as were neighboring Prince Charles Island and Air Force Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force crew member, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster.

References

  1. ^ "Foley Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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