Moore Island (Belcher Islands)
Uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Moore Island.
Moore Island[1] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay. It lies in Churchill Sound between Kugong Island to its west and the Howard Peninsula of Flaherty Island to its east with the Inuit community of Sanikiluaq about 30 km (19 mi) northeast.
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Geography | |
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Location | Hudson Bay |
Coordinates | 56°20′N 79°33′W |
Archipelago | Belcher Islands Arctic Archipelago |
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Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Ney Island and Renouf Island.[2]
It is named in honour of Elwood S. Moore, Professor of Geology at Pennsylvania State University,[3] and Fellow of the American Geographical Society.[4]