Fairholme Island
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 76°35′N 096°23′W / 76.583°N 96.383°W / 76.583; -96.383 (Fairholme Island)Coordinates: 76°35′N 096°23′W / 76.583°N 96.383°W / 76.583; -96.383 (Fairholme Island) |
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Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
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Population | Uninhabited |
Fairholme Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is an irregularly shaped island located in the Penny Strait, between John Barrow Island and the entrance to Barrow Harbour, Devon Island. Sir John Barrow Monument is to the southeast.
Another, smaller Fairholme Island also lies within Nunavut, off Graham Gore Peninsula in the Alexandra Strait.
External links
- Fairholme Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
- Fairholme Island (smaller) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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Islands of Cumberland Sound | Akulagok
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See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region. |
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