Rowley Island | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Native Name Link: | Inuktitut |
Location: | Foxe Basin |
Coordinates: | 69.15°N -130°W |
Archipelago: | Arctic Archipelago |
Area Km2: | 1090 |
Country: | Canada |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory |
Country Admin Divisions: | Nunavut |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Qikiqtaaluk |
Population: | 62[1] |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Rowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of .
Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at 69.0669°N -79.065°W, and an Automated Surface Observing System.
It is named after the arctic explorer Graham Westbrook Rowley.