Bear Island (Nunavut)

Bear Island
Bear Island

Location in Nunavut

Geography
Location Frobisher Bay
Coordinates 62°27′N 64°17′W / 62.450°N 64.283°W / 62.450; -64.283Coordinates: 62°27′N 64°17′W / 62.450°N 64.283°W / 62.450; -64.283
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Bear Island is an uninhabited island offshore of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.[1] The island lies in the Labrador Sea a few kilometres north of its confluence with Frobisher Bay. Other islands in the immediate vicinity of the tip of Hall Peninsula include the Harper Islands, Lefferts Island, Little Hall Island, and Hudson Island.

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