Simialuk

Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
69°46′12″N 82°38′38″W / 69.77000°N 82.64389°W / 69.77000; -82.64389ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoAdministration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Simialuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓯᒥᐊᓗᒃ[1]) formerly Ormonde Island[2] is an irregularly shaped island located at the eastern opening of the Fury and Hecla Strait. Situated in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic, the island is north of the Melville Peninsula's Northeast Cape (separated by the Labrador Narrows), south of Baffin Island (Elder Island lies between them), and west of Foxe Basin. It is approximately 91 m (299 ft) above sea level.[3]

References

  1. ^ Simialuk
  2. ^ Simialuk (Formerly Ormonde Island)
  3. ^ "Ormonde Island ca. 91 m". geonames.org. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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