Beacon Island | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Location: | Hudson Strait |
Coordinates: | 64.2°N -103°W |
Archipelago: | Arctic Archipelago |
Elevation M: | 208 |
Country: | Canada |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory |
Country Admin Divisions: | Nunavut |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Qikiqtaaluk |
Ethnic Groups: | Inuit |
Beacon Island is a small uninhabited island in Hudson Strait, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies just east of Dorset Island and the community of Cape Dorset. The SS Nascopie was wrecked on a nearby reef.[1]