Hudson Island (Nunavut)
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Hudson Island, measuring in area, is a
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 ...
offshore island 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'' ...
. The uninhabited island lies in the
Labrador Sea The Labrador Sea (French: ''mer du Labrador'', Danish: ''Labradorhavet'') is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelf, continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, ...
, east of Lupton Channel. Other islands also in the immediate vicinity of Blunt Peninsula (the tip of
Hall Peninsula The Hall Peninsula is a peninsula on the southern end of Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It lies between Frobisher Bay on the west, and the Cumberland Sound on the east between 62°40'N and 65°10'W. The Hall Peninsula is part of the Arctic Tundr ...
) include the
Harper Islands Harper Islands is a small uninhabited island group with an area of , which is part of the Baffin Island group located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The group lies at the confluence of Frobisher Bay and the Labrador Sea. Oth ...
,
Lefferts Island Lefferts Island (also known as: Lefert Island, Leferts Island, Leffert Island, or Lefters Island) is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Frobisher Bay between Beare Soun ...
, Bear Island, and
Little Hall Island Little Hall Island (also known as: Hall Smaller Island) is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in the Labrador Sea a few kilometers north of its confluence with Davis Strai ...
.


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Islands of Baffin Island Islands of the Labrador Sea Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub