Airartuuq Island

Airartuuq Island
Geography
Airartuuq Island Location in Nunavut
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates	61°48′N 092°56′W / 61.800°N 92.933°W / 61.800; -92.933Coordinates: 61°48′N 092°56′W / 61.800°N 92.933°W / 61.800; -92.933
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Airartuuq Island is one of several uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located within western Hudson Bay, 32.7 km (20.3 mi) from the abandoned trading post of Tavani.^[1]

Other islands in the vicinity include Bibby Island, Flattop Island, Imiligaarjuk Island, Imilijjuaq Island, Ivuniraarjuq Island, and Walrus Island.^[1]

References

1 2 "Airartuuq Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-12-03.

Islands of the Kivalliq Region

Islands of Chesterfield Inlet	Akreavenek Apqusiurniq Boulder Camp Cove Centre Deer Hanbury Illusive Iripajuk Moor North Imilit North Midway Patch Pintail Ragged Reference Rockhouse South Imilit South Midway Wag

Islands of Foxe Basin	Ascension Southampton Vansittart White

Islands of Hudson Bay	Aiqqujat Airartuuq Austin Bibby Broken Coats Dunne Foxe East Pen Flattop Imiligaarjuk Imilijjuaq Irik Ivuniraarjuq Kayak Marble Pitsiulartok Promise Sentry Southampton Walrus

See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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