Johns Island | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Native Name Link: | Inuktitut |
Location: | Lake Hazen |
Coordinates: | 81.8188°N -71.0613°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 |
Johns Island is an uninhabited island within Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. An island within an island, it is located in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park. The island was named after an early French explorer and cartographer of the Arctic.
The long-tailed jaeger has been found to breed on Johns Island and nearby Camp Hazen.[1]