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Nunavut [a] is the largest, easternmost, and northernmost territory of Canada.It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act [12] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, [13] which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government.
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), [5] in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas ...
The largest of the islands is Akimiski Island, which covers 3,002 square kilometres (1,159 sq mi). [ 2 ] All of northern Ontario and northern Quebec were part of the Hudson Bay Company's proprietary colony of Rupert's Land, and after Rupert's Land was purchased by Canada in 1869, the area became part of the North-West Territory.
Uninhabited islands of Nunavut (3 C) This page was last edited on 27 September 2019, at 11:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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Axel Heiberg Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓈᑦ, Umingmat Nunaat) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 32nd largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, [2] it has an area of 43,178 km 2 (16,671 sq mi).
Qikiqtarjuaq (Inuktitut pronunciation: [qikiqtaʁjuˈaq] 'big island' [6]; formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998 / ˈ b r ɔː t ən /, [7]) is a community located on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is known for Arctic wildlife (ringed seals, polar bears, bowhead whales, narwhals), bird ...
Monumental Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᐊᙳᐊᖅ, romanized: Umiannguaq) is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait , almost halfway between Lady Franklin Island and Little Hall Island .