Adams Island (Nunavut) Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Shelagh Grant. Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923. McGill-Queen's Press, 2005
  2. Encyclopedia: Map of Adams Island (island(s)), Nunavut, Canada . 2008-04-30 . 2007 . encarta.msn.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090829122349/http://encarta.msn.com/map_701572596/Adams_Island.html . 2009-08-29 . dead .
  3. Web site: Adams Island. https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://oceandots.com/arctic/canada/adams.php. 2010-12-23. 2008-04-30. 2008. oceandots.com.
  4. Web site: Queen Elizabeth Islands . 2008-04-30 . 2008-03-19 . nrcan.gc.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20080504211848/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html . 4 May 2008 . dead .