Foley Island Explained

Foley Island
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Native Name Link:Inuktitut
Location:Foxe Basin
Coordinates:68.5°N -75°W
Archipelago:Arctic Archipelago
Area Km2:637
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:Qikiqtaaluk
Population:Uninhabited

Foley Island is a low-lying Canadian arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the southern coast of Baffin Island in the Foxe Basin and measures 637km2 in area.[1] Foley Island is uninhabited.

The first written recording of the island's existence was in 1948, as were neighboring Prince Charles Island and Air Force Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force crew member, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foley Island . oceandots.com . 2008-10-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/foley.php . December 23, 2010 .