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    Southampton Island

    ᓴᓪᓕᖅ / Île de Southampton, Enez Southampton, Isla de Southampton

    64°31′N 84°06′W

    Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada.

    Kirchoffer River Falls lower
    Kirchoffer River Falls lower

    Hugh MacIsaac BSc Uo… / CC BY 3.0

    Terrain

    64°31′N 84°06′W

    Terrain exaggerated for relief. Drag to look around.

    Overview

    Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of the island was listed as 41,214 km2 (15,913 sq mi) by Statistics Canada but is now recognised as being 43,069.35 km2 (16,629.17 sq mi) by the United States Geological Survey, Esri, and the United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre. It is the 32nd largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. The only settlement on Southampton Island is Coral Harbour (population 1,035 in the 2021 Canadian census), called Salliq in Inuktitut. Southampton Island is the only area in Nunavut that does not use daylight saving time.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Canadian Arctic

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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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