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Coordinates: 62°40′59″N 069°43′00″W / 62.68306°N 69.71667°W / 62.68306; -69.71667 (Beacon Island)
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Beacon Island
Beacon Island is located in Nunavut
Beacon Island
Beacon Island
Location in Nunavut
Geography
LocationHudson Strait
Coordinates62°40′59″N 069°43′00″W / 62.68306°N 69.71667°W / 62.68306; -69.71667 (Beacon Island)
ArchipelagoCanadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
Source: Beacon Island at Atlas of Canada

Beacon Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Nascopie Reefs, just east of Dorset Island, itself a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait. The closest community is Kimmirut, 20.9 km (13.0 mi) away.[1]

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include: Lavoie Island, Wishart Island, Nuvursirpaaraaluk Island, Lee Island, Forder Island, Poodlatee Island, Uugalautiit Island, Black Bluff Island, Aulassivik Island, Ijjurittiak Island, Ivisaat Island, Glasgow Island, Juet Island, and High Bluff Island.

Three other Beacon Islands exist in Nunavut:

  • One in Cumberland Sound
  • One in North Bay, Baffin Island, south of Anguttuaq Island
  • One in Ungava Bay, off Cape Naujaat, on the west side of the mouth of the George River

References

  1. ^ "Beacon Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-08-01.