The uninhabited Bird Islands are located in
Foxe Basin, closer to the
Melville Peninsula than to
Baffin Island
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. They are part of the
Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name f ...
, in the
Canadian territory
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Nunavut
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.
References
Islands of Foxe Basin
Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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