Adams Island | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Native Name: | Tuujjuk |
Native Name Link: | Inuit languages |
Location: | Baffin Bay |
Coordinates: | 71.45°N -78°W |
Archipelago: | Arctic Archipelago |
Length Km: | 30.5 |
Width Min Km: | 18 |
Width Max Km: | 22 |
Area Km2: | 267 |
Elevation M: | 800 |
Country: | Canada |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory |
Country Admin Divisions: | Nunavut |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Qikiqtaaluk |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Adams Island (Inuit: Tuujjuk)[1] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north).[2]
Adams Island is irregularly shaped, its eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over 800m (2,600feet) in height.[3] The island comprises an area of 267km2, measuring 30.55km (18.98miles) in length and 18km (11miles) to 22km (14miles) in width.[4]
Another, much smaller, Adams Island is located off the northeastern tip of Baffin Island.