Sverdrup ChannelCanada
79°37′N 97°25′W
Fay Islands
Part of Sverdrup Islands
The Fay Islands are part of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, they are also members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago. They lie within the Sverdrup Channel between Meighen Island and the west coast of Axel Heiberg Island.
Overview
The Fay Islands are part of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, they are also members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago. They lie within the Sverdrup Channel between Meighen Island and the west coast of Axel Heiberg Island. Peary Channel and Amund Ringnes Island are to the south. The Fay Islands are four very small islands, on occasion mistaken as sediment-loaded glaciers.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island30 m · 1.9 km²
- Unnamed island117 m · 1.6 km²
- Unnamed island57 m · 1.1 km²
- Unnamed island28 m · 0.91 km²
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.9 ha
- Unnamed island0.6 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 1.9 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1.6 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.91 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |