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The Belcher Islands are spread out over almost 3,000 km 2 (1,200 sq mi). Administratively, they belong to the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The hamlet of Sanikiluaq (where the majority of the inhabitants of the Belcher Islands live) is on the north coast of Flaherty Island and is the southernmost in Nunavut.
Flaherty Island is the largest island of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit community of Sanikiluaq is located on its north coast, and is the southernmost community in Nunavut. The island is named in honour of visual anthropologist Robert J. Flaherty. [4]
Sanikiluaq (Inuktitut: ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands.Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of Ontario and Quebec, the community and the Belcher Islands lie within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Moore Island [1] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay.It lies in Churchill Sound between Kugong Island to its west and the Howard Peninsula of Flaherty Island to its east with the Inuit community of Sanikiluaq about 30 km (19 mi) northeast.
Tukarak Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay , it is a member of the Belcher Islands group. [ 2 ] Along with Flaherty Island , Innetalling Island , and Kugong Island , it is one of the four large islands in the group.
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1.2 Belcher Islands. 1.3 Other Arctic islands. 2 Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 Nova Scotia. 4 Prince Edward Island. 5 New Brunswick. 6 Quebec. 7 Ontario. 8 Manitoba. 9 ...
The Belcher Islands in eastern Hudson Bay contain two volcanic sequences known as the Flaherty and Eskimo volcanics. [5] The Fox River Belt consists of volcanics, sills and sediments some 1,883 million years old while magmatism of the Thompson Belt is dated to 1,880 million years old. [5]