Nimigen Island
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Island in Nunavut, Canada
Native name: Kemisuack | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cumberland Sound |
| Coordinates | 65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W / 65.12; -66.73 (Nimigen Island) |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Nunavut | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Nimigen Island (previously: Kemisuack,[1] Kemisoke, Kimersok, Kimisoke[2] ) is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in Cumberland Sound, approximately 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east of Robert Peel Inlet [3] To its east is Utsusivik Island; south is Chidliak Bay.
History
[edit ]In the mid 19th century, the island supported a whaling industry.[1] [4]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b de Bray, Émile Frédéric; Barr, William (1992). A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-8020-2813-6.
- ^ Ross, William Gillies; Penny, Margaret; Penny, William (1997). This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 235. ISBN 0-7735-1674-3.
- ^ "Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008年09月18日.
- ^ Barron, William (1895). Old Whaling Days. W. Andrews. p. 28. OCLC 11477637.
External links
[edit ]- Nimigen Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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