Killiniq Island (English: ''ice floes'') is a remote island in southeastern Nunavut and northern

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, Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

between Ungava Bay and the

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, it is notable in that it contains the only land border between Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador. Most other islands off the northern coast of

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and Labrador belong exclusively to Nunavut. Some cartographic sources do not correctly show the island's geopolitical boundaries; for instance, the seems to show it as belonging to Quebec (an apparent consequence of the province's longstanding boundary dispute with Labrador). Killiniq Island 02

The northernmost point of Newfoundland and Labrador is

Cape Chidley Cape Chidley is a headland located on the eastern shore of Killiniq Island, Canada, at the northeastern tip of the Labrador Peninsula. Cape Chidley was named by English explorer John Davis on August 1, 1587, after his friend and fellow explorer ...

on the island. The largest identifiable land mass is the

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, part of the Arctic Cordillera, which proceed from the north to the south of the island. A former community, meteorological station,

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radio station,

trading post A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post would allow people from one geographic area to tr ...

, missionary post, fishing station, and

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post existed until 1978, when it was evacuated by the government of the Northwest Territories. The settlement, also called Killiniq (alternate spelling: Killinek; also known as Port Burwell; local variants: Killipaartalik or Kikkertaujak; previously: Bishop Jones' Village) was on what is now the Nunavut side of the island, part of the territory's Qikiqtaaluk Region. The locality was known by Europeans as early as 1569, marked on a Mercator map. The island is now uninhabited, but an automated remote radio transmitter for

Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the Frobisher Bay, large bay on the c ...

Coast Guard Radio remains in operation.

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{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of the Labrador Sea Borders of Nunavut Borders of Newfoundland and Labrador Former populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region