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Winter Island (Qikiqtaaluk)

Coordinates: 66°16′N 083°04′W / 66.267°N 83.067°W / 66.267; -83.067 (Winter Island)
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Winter
Map
Geography
LocationNorthern Canada
Coordinates66°16′N 083°04′W / 66.267°N 83.067°W / 66.267; -83.067 (Winter Island)
ArchipelagoCanadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population0

Winter Island is an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Quikqtaaluk, Nunavut. It lies in the Foxe Basin with Hoppner Strait to the northwest. Winter Island is south of the Melville Peninsula, separated from it by Lyon Inlet. William Edward Parry wintered here at the end of 1821.