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Devon Island (Inuktitut: ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᑦ, Tallurutit) [2] is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located in Baffin Bay , Qikiqtaaluk Region , Nunavut , Canada.
Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes for the idea of "paradise". Some uninhabited islands are protected as nature reserves, and some are privately owned. Devon Island in Canada's far north is the largest uninhabited island in the world. [1] [2]
Devon Island, in the Canadian North, is the world's largest uninhabited island. Northeast Greenland National Park , which is the world's largest terrestrial protected area, has had a census population of 0 for many years since the only mine in the region closed.
Melville Island [1] (French: île Melville [citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq [citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island.
Anticosti Island is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the edge of St. Lawrence River estuary. At 7,943 km 2 (3,067 sq mi) in size, the island has a length of 222 km and a maximum width of 56 km, its highest peak rises to 306 m. [8] [9] It is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada.
The largest island in Canada outside the Arctic. Population obtained by subtracting the population of Labrador from the total population. [1] [5] [6] 5: 24: Banks Island: 70,028 27,038: Northwest Territories: 113 [1] [3] 6: 27: Devon Island: 55,247 21,331: Nunavut: 0: The largest uninhabited island on Earth. [1] 7: 32: Axel Heiberg Island ...
This is an incomplete list of islands of Canada. ... Tartupaluk), a small uninhabited barren knoll off Ellesmere Island, measuring 1.3 km 2 (0.50 sq mi) ...
Uninhabited islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (2 C, ... Pages in category "Uninhabited islands of Canada" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of ...