Massey Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada

75°59′N 102°58′W / 75.983°N 102.967°W / 75.983; -102.967 (Massey Island)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoArea432 km2 (167 sq mi)Length47 km (29.2 mi)Width34 km (21.1 mi)Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Massey Island is an uninhabited island in the Bathurst Island group, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, south of Île Vanier (across Pearse Strait) and north of Alexander Island and Île Marc (across Boyer Strait). It has an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi), 47 kilometres (29 mi) long and 34 kilometres (21 mi) wide.

The island is named for former Governor General of Canada Vincent Massey.

References

  • Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada

External links

  • Massey Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 
Belcher Islands
Islands of Cumberland Sound
Islands of Davis Strait
Islands of Foxe Basin
Islands of Frobisher Bay
Islands of the Gulf of Boothia
Islands of Hudson Bay
Islands of Hudson Strait
Islands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador Sea
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Ellesmere Island
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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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