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    Coburg Island

    ᖁᕐᕕᒃ Coburg Island

    75°55′N 79°25′W

    Coburg Island (Inuktitut: Nirjutiqavvik) is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the members of Queen Elizabeth Islands located in Baffin Bay's Lady Ann Strait. It is separated from Ellesmere Island by Glacier Strait; Devon Island is to the south.

    Rissa tridactyla are nesting at w:Coburg Island in Jones Sound
    Rissa tridactyla are nesting at w:Coburg Island in Jones Sound

    Brocken Inaglory / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    75°55′N 79°25′W

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    Overview

    Coburg Island (Inuktitut: Nirjutiqavvik) is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the members of Queen Elizabeth Islands located in Baffin Bay's Lady Ann Strait. It is separated from Ellesmere Island by Glacier Strait; Devon Island is to the south. Elsewhere in Nunavut, there is also a tiny Saxe-Coburg Island, lying in Davis Strait, south of Leopold Island, itself east of Baffin Island's Cape Mercy (Cumberland Peninsula).

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Queen Elizabeth Islands

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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