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Bush Island is a small, remote
island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in 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 ...
of
Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...
, Canada. It is located in
Hudson Strait Hudson Strait (french: Détroit d'Hudson) links the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador and ...
, off the north end of
Killiniq Island Killiniq Island (English: ''ice floes'') is a remote island in southeastern Nunavut and northern Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it c ...
, separated by Port Harvey, a small bay. It measures long and wide. The elevation is approximately above
sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
.
Perrett Island Perrett Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Hudson Strait, it is one of the largest islands lying off the west end of Bush Island. The two islands are separated from each other by Lenz Str ...
,
Hettash Island Hettash Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Hudson Strait, it is one of the largest islands lying off the west end of Bush Island. The two islands are separated from each other by Lenz Str ...
, and Flat Island, lie off the west end of Bush Island, separated by Lenz Strait. Two island groups are close by, including the Knight Islands at away, and the
Cape Chidley Islands The Cape Chidley Islands are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in the Labrador Sea at the south end of the entrance to the Hudson Strait, north of Killiniq Island's Cape Chidley, and separated from Ki ...
at away.


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{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of Hudson Strait Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region