Mansel Island (

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: Pujjunaq), a member of the

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, is an uninhabited island in

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. It is located in

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

off of

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Ungava Peninsula The Ungava Peninsula of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. This peninsula is part of the Labrador Peninsula, and covers about . Its northernmost point is Cape W ...

. At in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island. Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir

Thomas Button Sir Thomas Button (died April, 1634) was a Wales, Welsh officer of the Royal Navy, notable as an explorer who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Pa ...

after Vice-Admiral Sir

Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656) was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell. Early life Mansel was a W ...

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Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada

* Aylsworth, J. M., and W. Shilts. ''Surficial Geology of Coats and Mansel Islands, Northwest Territories''. ttawa Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, 1991. * Comock. ''Comock: the True Story of an Eskimo Hunter as told to Robert Flaherty.'' Photographs by Robert Flaherty. Text by Robert Flaherty and Edmund Carpenter. Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, 2003. * Furnell, D. J. ''Summer Polar Bear Tagging on Mansel Island, N.W.T''. ellowknife N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1979. * Polunin, Nicholas. ''Additions to the Floras of Southampton and Mansel Islands, Hudson Bay''. Contributions of The Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, No.165. 1947. {{Subdivisions of Nunavut Islands of Hudson Bay Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Nunavut Former populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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