Admiralty Island (Nunavut)

Admiralty Island
Geography
Admiralty Island
Location	Victoria Strait
Coordinates	69°28′N 101°10′W / 69.467°N 101.167°W / 69.467; -101.167Coordinates: 69°28′N 101°10′W / 69.467°N 101.167°W / 69.467; -101.167
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area	171 km² (66 sq mi)
Length	24.9 km (15.47 mi)
Width	9–18 km (5.6–11.2 mi)
Country
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Kitikmeot
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Ethnic groups	Inuit

Admiralty Island is an uninhabited, irregularly shaped Arctic island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Victoria Strait, south of Victoria Island's Collinson Peninsula.

References

Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada

Islands of the Kitikmeot Region

	Admiralty Beverly Bryde Clarence De la Roquette Dixon Finlayson Gateshead Gibson Hat Hay Hobday Hovgaard Jenny Lind Keith King William Little Camping Matty Melbourne Minto Montreal Prince of Wales Royal Geographical Society Stefansson Sutton Tasmania Tennent Victoria

Islands of Bathurst Inlet	Algak Barry Chapman Ekalulia Fishers Galena Iglorua Kanuyak Lewes Marcet North Quadyuk Patsy Klengenberg Quadyuk Rideout Shoe Stockport Triple Walrus Wignick

Islands of Coronation Gulf	Aiyohok Akvitlak Anchor Bate Berens Black Berry Blaze Breakwater Cheere Cockburn Couper Deadman Doak Duke of York Edinburgh Entry Haodlon Hatoayok Hepburn Hokagon Home Jameson Kabviukvik Kigirktaryuk Kingak Lawford Leo Mangak Miles Nanortut Nanukton Nauyan Nichols Onitkok Outcast Outpost Piercey Porden Richardson Sesqui Seven Mile Sir Graham Moore Sisters Takhoalok Wilmot

Islands of the Gulf of Boothia	Astronomical Society Copeland Harrison Hecla and Fury Helen Lady Parry Martin Pouncet Susanna Wales

See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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