Cairn Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada
63°40′12″N 068°27′00″W / 63.67000°N 68.45000°W / 63.67000; -68.45000 (Cairn Island)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoAdministration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Cairn Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, 10.3 km (6.4 mi) southeast of the capital city of Iqaluit.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Aubrey Island, Beveridge Island, Bishop Island, Coffin Island, Crimmins Island, Emerick Island, Faris Island, Gardiner Island, Hill Island, Jenvey Island, Kudlago Island, Long Island, Mair Island, McLaren Island, Monument Island, Pichit Island, Ptarmigan Island, Qarsau Island, Sale Island, Sybil Island, and Thompson Island.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Cairn Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
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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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