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    Rowley Island

    Ile Rowley, Rowley Island - Ile Rowley

    69°07′N 78°44′W

    Rowley Island is an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago and is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of 1,119.79 km2 (432.35 sq mi).

    69°07′N 78°44′W

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    Rowley Island is an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago and is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of 1,119.79 km2 (432.35 sq mi). Located on the island is both a former Distant Early Warning Line base, now an unstaffed North Warning System site, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N 079°03′54″W, and an automatic weather station. It is named after the Arctic explorer Graham Westbrook Rowley.

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