Hozier Islands Explained

Hozier Islands
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Native Name Link:Inuktitut
Location:Labrador Sea
Coordinates:64.1167°N -99°W
Archipelago:Arctic Archipelago
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:Qikiqtaaluk
Population:Uninhabited

The Hozier Islands are a Baffin Island offshore island group located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region.[1] The uninhabited island group lies in the Labrador Sea, east of Hall Peninsula. The Leybourne Islands are 5km (03miles) to the north. The largest of the Hozier Islands is about 5miles long.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions for Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and channels to polar sea, Hudson Strait and Bay, also for passages connecting Baffin Bay with Beaufort Sea, through Lancaster Sound . 1915 . Hydrographic Department, Admiralty . 118 . en.
  2. Book: Office, United States Hydrographic . H.O. Pub . 1951 . 252 . en.