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The Strathcona Islands are uninhabited Canadian arctic islands located in Hudson Strait,
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, Canada. They are 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 group in
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 ...
lying from to west of Cape Colmer. The group consists of a large island that rises in a series of rocky ridges to ; its south side is low and irregular. There are also several small, rocky islands. Kimmirut, an Inuit hamlet, is to the east.


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Archipelagoes of Baffin Island Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Islands of Hudson Strait Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub