Edgell Island is one of

Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...

's small offshore islands, located in the

Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark). Situated in the northern extremity of No ...

in the territory 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'' ...

. It lies in

Davis Strait Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer Jo ...

, near the entrance into

Frobisher Bay Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island. Its length is about and its width varies from about at its outlet into the Labrador Sea ...

. Graves Strait, about long and wide, separates it from Resolution Island. Edgell Island has an area of and a perimeter of . Black Bluff is a headland at the north end and is the only named feature on the island. The island is named after Capt. Edgell who is also notable for his 1801 survey of

Pacquet, Newfoundland and Labrador Pacquet ("hideaway" in French) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 164 in 2016, down from 184 in the Canada 2011 Census. Located in White Bay, on the Baie Verte Peninsula in northeastern ...

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Islands of Baffin Island Islands of Hudson Strait Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub