South Tweedsmuir Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
68°23′N 74°15′W / 68.383°N 74.250°W / 68.383; -74.250 (South Tweedsmuir Island)Canada
South Tweedsmuir Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands located in Foxe Basin, off the southwest coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Foley Island is to the north, North Tweedsmuir Island is to the northwest, Prince Charles Island is to the west, and Air Force Island is to the south.
South Tweedsmuir Island is uninhabited and its temperatures are extremely cold. It measures 158 km2 (61 sq mi) in area.
The island is named after John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir who served as Governor General of Canada.
References
- Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Adams
- Akpatok
- Alfred
- Allen
- Arvalik
- Aulattivik
- Aulitivik
- Aulitiving
- Baffin
- Barth
- Beacon (Ungava Bay)
- Bergesen
- Bjarnason
- Bylot
- Davids
- Dexterity
- Diana
- Edgeworth
- Eider
- Elder
- Fraser
- Gyrfalcon
- Hamilton
- Imiliit
- Imiqqutailaqtuuq
- Kaigosuiyat
- Kilian
- Lady Franklin
- Landslip
- Lock
- Low
- Marvin
- Mumiksaa
- Nakoaiyet
- Nova Zembla
- Old Squaw
- Otrick
- Pandora
- Payne
- Peter Richards
- Pilattuaq
- Pisiktarfik
- Plover
- Prescott
- Prince Leopold
- Prince of Wales
- Qikiqta
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Qimivvik
- Round
- Russell
- Saglaarjuk
- Saglirjuaq
- Salikuit
- Saneruarsuk
- Simialuk
- Somerset
- Spicer
- Stephens
- Trinity
- Vesey Hamilton
- Vivian
- Wollaston
- Yeoman
- Young
- Akulagok
- Anarnittuq
- Aupaluktok
- Aupaluktut
- Blacklead
- Clear Passage
- Drum
- Ekallulik
- Iglunga
- Imigen
- Ivisa
- Kaigosuit
- Kangigutsak
- Kekertelung
- Kekerten
- Kekertukdjuak
- Kudjak
- Maktaktujanak
- Miliakdjuin
- Moodie
- Nimigen
- Nunatak
- Nuvujen
- Opingivik
- Sanigut
- Saunik
- Shakshukowshee
- Shakshukuk
- Tesseralik
- Tuapait
- Upajjana
- Utaqqiurviarjuruluk
- Utsusivik
- Wareham
- Air Force
- Bird
- Bray
- Foley
- Igloolik
- Kapuiviit
- Koch
- Nirlirnaqtuuq
- North Tweedsmuir
- Prince Charles
- Qikiqtaarjuk
- Rowley
- Siuraq
- South Tweedsmuir
- White
- Winter
- Algerine
- Alligator
- Anchorage
- Aubrey
- Augustus
- Bear
- Beveridge
- Bishop
- Brigus
- Brook
- Bruce
- Cairn
- Camp
- Carter
- Chase
- Coffin
- Crimmins
- Crowell
- Culbertson
- Daniel
- Dog
- Eden
- Emerick
- Falk
- Faris
- Field
- Fletcher
- Frobisher's Farthest
- Gabriel
- Gardiner
- Gay
- Gross
- Halford
- Hantzsch
- Harper
- Hill
- Jenvey
- Kodlunarn
- Kudlago
- Kungo
- Lefferts
- Leopold
- Loks Land
- Long
- Low
- Luella
- Mair
- Mark
- Mary
- McAllister
- McBride
- McLaren
- McLean
- Metela
- Mitchell
- Monument
- Nest
- Nouyarn
- Ogden
- Pan
- Peak
- Pichit
- Pike
- Pink Lady
- Pope
- Potter
- Precipice
- Ptarmigan
- Pugh
- Qarsau
- Quadrifid
- Redan
- Resor
- Sale
- Scalene
- Sliver
- Smith
- Sybil
- Thompson
- Whiskukun
- Crown Prince Frederik
- Glen
- Honeyman
- Lavoie
- Sabine
- Wales
- Anguttuaq
- Aulatsiviit
- Avingasittuit Siqinirsipangat
- Beacon (Hudson Strait)
- Black Bluff
- Bush
- Button
- Charles
- Clark
- Dolphin
- Dorset
- Edgell
- Erhardt
- Goodwin
- Gudmusson
- Hector
- Holdridge
- Ijjuriktuq
- Ivvitsa
- Kaavvijjuaq
- King
- Kinngarjuaq
- Lacy
- Lavoie
- Lawson
- Leading
- Lower Savage
- MacColl
- Mallik
- Middle Savage
- Mill
- Naniruaq
- Niels
- Nottingham
- Nunarijjait
- Nuvuktiqpaaraaluk
- Nuvursiit
- Observation
- Point
- Poodlatee
- Qaqqannalik
- Qaiqsuarjuk
- Qikiqtaalujjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuarusiq
- Resolution
- Saarru
- Salisbury
- Saqajaa
- Sheer
- Strathcona
- Takijualuk
- Ukaliqtuuq
- Ungirlauttat
- Upirngiviaaluk
- Akimiski
- Bear
- Big
- Cape Hope
- Carey
- Charlton
- Grey Goose
- Gull
- Jacob
- Moore
- North Twin
- Paint Hills
- Solomons Temple
- South Twin
- Spencer
- Stag
- Strutton
- Sunday
- Trodely
- Twin
- Walter
- Weston
- Brevoort
- Cape Chidley
- Christopher Hall
- Hozier
- Hudson
- Ilikok
- Jackson
- Killiniq
- Knight
- Leybourne
- Little Hall
- Muingmak
- Rogers
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